-main

See also: main, Main, and mäin

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish -mainen.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-main (front vowel variant -mäin)

  1. Used to form adjectives denoting resemblance to the suffixed noun: -ly
    ‎ääri (“edge”) + ‎-main → ‎äärimäin (“extreme”)

Declension
Declension of -main (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -main -maiset
genitive -maisen -maisiin
partitive -maista, -maist -maisia
illative -maisee -maisii
inessive -maisees -maisiis
elative -maisest -maisist
allative -maiselle -maisille
adessive -maiseel -maisiil
ablative -maiselt -maisilt
translative -maiseks -maisiks
essive -maisenna, -maiseen -maisinna, -maisiin
exessive1) -maisent -maisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms
Ingrian terms suffixed with -main

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • -meing (Sutsilvan)
  • -maintg (Surmiran)
  • -maing (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).

Suffix

-main

  1. (Grischun, Sursilvan) Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly, -ally

Derived terms
Romansch terms suffixed with -main
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