-nna
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German -in. Introduced by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald.
Suffix
[edit]-nna (genitive -nna, partitive -nnat)
- Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns
Declension
[edit]| Declension of -nna (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -nna | -nnad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | -nna | ||
| genitive | -nnade | ||
| partitive | -nnat | -nnasid | |
| illative | -nnasse | -nnadesse | |
| inessive | -nnas | -nnades | |
| elative | -nnast | -nnadest | |
| allative | -nnale | -nnadele | |
| adessive | -nnal | -nnadel | |
| ablative | -nnalt | -nnadelt | |
| translative | -nnaks | -nnadeks | |
| terminative | -nnani | -nnadeni | |
| essive | -nnana | -nnadena | |
| abessive | -nnata | -nnadeta | |
| comitative | -nnaga | -nnadega | |
Synonyms
[edit]- -tar (in some cases)
Derived terms
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *-nna. Cognates include Finnish -na and Estonian -na.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nna (front vowel variant -nnä)
- Used to form the essive case.
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Soikkola dialect, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.
Inflection
[edit]| Possessive forms of -nna | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -nnaan | -nnaamme |
| 2nd person | -nnaas | -nnaanne |
| 3rd person | -nnaa | -nnaasse |
References
[edit]- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44