neitsyt
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
neitsyt
- A virgin.
Declension
In spoken language, the genitive singular can be neitsyeen and the illative singular neitsyeeseen – these forms still are proscribed. This confusion is due to the similarity of the nouns ending in -ue and -ye, joukkue, "team" > illative singular joukkueeseen, yhtye, "band" > illative singular yhtyeeseen.
Inflection of neitsyt (Kotus type 43/ohut, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | neitsyt | neitsyet | |
genitive | neitsyen | neitsyiden neitsyitten | |
partitive | neitsyttä | neitsyitä | |
illative | neitsyeen | neitsyisiin neitsyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | neitsyt | neitsyet | |
accusative | nom. | neitsyt | neitsyet |
gen. | neitsyen | ||
genitive | neitsyen | neitsyiden neitsyitten | |
partitive | neitsyttä | neitsyitä | |
inessive | neitsyessä | neitsyissä | |
elative | neitsyestä | neitsyistä | |
illative | neitsyeen | neitsyisiin neitsyihin | |
adessive | neitsyellä | neitsyillä | |
ablative | neitsyeltä | neitsyiltä | |
allative | neitsyelle | neitsyille | |
essive | neitsyenä | neitsyinä | |
translative | neitsyeksi | neitsyiksi | |
abessive | neitsyettä | neitsyittä | |
instructive | — | neitsyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- adjectives: neitseellinen
Compounds
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN