neitsyt
Finnish
Etymology
Derived from neiti. Cognates include Karelian neičyt, Veps neitšud, Votic neitsüd (“daughter-in-law, fiancée”), Estonian neitsi and Livonian neitst.[1] Derived as neits- + -yt, but the root word is not certain; it could be a variant of neiti like neitsi.
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