-nt
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nt"
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *-nta. Cognates include dialectal Finnish -nta and Estonian -nt.
Originally, the suffix would be appended to the ablative stem, but this was changed in analogy to the essive.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nt
- Used to form the exessive case: out of being
Inflection edit
Possessive forms of -nt | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -ntaan | -ntaamme |
2nd person | -ntaas | -ntaanne |
3rd person | -ntaa | -ntaasse |
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Finnic *-nut. Cognates include Finnish -nut and Estonian -nud.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nt
- Used to form the past active participle of verbs.
Usage notes edit
- After the consonants -l, -r, -n, -s the initial -n- of the suffix is elided:
- An alternative (longer) forms -nut/-nyt exist, which share the same inflected forms.
Declension edit
(back-vocalic)
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(front-vocalic)
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References edit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45