-main

See also: main, Main, and mäin

Ingrian

Cognates include Finnish -mainen.

-main (front vowel variant -mäin)

Used to form adjectives denoting resemblance to the suffixed noun: -ly
‎ääri (“edge”) + ‎-main → ‎äärimäin (“extreme”)

Declension of -main (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	-main	-maiset
genitive	-maisen	-maisiin
partitive	-maista, -maist	-maisia
illative	-maisee	-maisii
inessive	-maisees	-maisiis
elative	-maisest	-maisist
allative	-maiselle	-maisille
adessive	-maiseel	-maisiil
ablative	-maiselt	-maisilt
translative	-maiseks	-maisiks
essive	-maisenna, -maiseen	-maisinna, -maisiin
exessive¹⁾	-maisent	-maisint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

From Latin mente, ablative singular of mēns (“mind”).

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