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Chuvash
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sāyïn (“every”).[1]
Suffix
-сем • (-sem)
- Suffix creating plurality.
Usage notes
Unlike many suffixes, this suffix always lack vowel harmony, due to its history as an enclitic. This plural suffix also causes fusion with case endings:
Among the fused suffixed above, only the instrumental form that never fuses with this plural suffix's last consonant.
References
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2021 November 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 11 March 2005