-seen

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See also: seen, sen, and Seen

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *-sehen, a combination of the Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. illative suffixes Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Suffix

-seen

  1. Forms the illative singular case.

Usage notes

Used after a second- or third-syllable long vowel. For words like neitsyt, this suffix is common, based on a stem like neitsyee-, but it is grammatically wrong – -en is preferred in formal usage, using on a stem like neitsye-.

Examples

harmaaharmaaseen
joukkuejoukkueeseen

See also