morsian
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *morcijan, borrowed from Baltic; compare Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”), Old Prussian mārtjan (“bride, sister-in-law”). Cognates in other Finnic languages include Estonian mõrsja (“bride”), Ingrian morssia (“bride”), Karelian moršien (“bride”), Veps murzei (“bride, sister-in-law”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morsian
Declension edit
Inflection of morsian (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | morsian | morsiamet | ||
genitive | morsiamen | morsiamien morsianten | ||
partitive | morsianta | morsiamia | ||
illative | morsiameen | morsiamiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | morsian | morsiamet | ||
accusative | nom. | morsian | morsiamet | |
gen. | morsiamen | |||
genitive | morsiamen | morsiamien morsianten | ||
partitive | morsianta | morsiamia | ||
inessive | morsiamessa | morsiamissa | ||
elative | morsiamesta | morsiamista | ||
illative | morsiameen | morsiamiin | ||
adessive | morsiamella | morsiamilla | ||
ablative | morsiamelta | morsiamilta | ||
allative | morsiamelle | morsiamille | ||
essive | morsiamena | morsiamina | ||
translative | morsiameksi | morsiamiksi | ||
abessive | morsiametta | morsiamitta | ||
instructive | — | morsiamin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (fiancée): kihlakumppani, kihlattu, morsmaikku
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “morsian”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03