-ns
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-onts.
Suffix
[edit]-ns
- -ing; ending of the present active participle
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ns | -ntēs | -ntia | ||
| genitive | -ntis | -ntium | |||
| dative | -ntī | -ntibus | |||
| accusative | -ntem | -ns | -ntēs -ntīs |
-ntia | |
| ablative | -nte -ntī1 |
-ntibus | |||
| vocative | -ns | -ntēs | -ntia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Ojibwe
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ns
- A suffix denoting the diminutive of a noun ending in a long vowel
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]Ottawa
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ns
- contemptive
References
[edit]Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 185