-ns

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.

Suffix

-ns

1. -ing; ending of the present active participle

Declension

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

Category Latin terms suffixed with -ns not found

See also

• -āns
• -ēns
• -iēns

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Ojibwe

Suffix

-ns

1. A suffix denoting the diminutive of a noun ending in a long vowel

Alternative forms

• -ins
• -iin
• -oons
• -gaans

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20200209001407/http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~jrvalent/ais301/Grammar/InflMorphology/nouns006.htm

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Ottawa

Suffix

-ns

1. contemptive

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 185