-mine

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See also: mine, Mine, and miné

Estonian

Etymology 1

Related to -ne and -line. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist, comparative -misem, superlative kõige -misem)

  1. derives adjectives from nouns or prefixes
    1. sise- (“inside, in”) → sisemine (“intrinsic”)
    2. pea (“head”) → peamine (“primary”)
    3. ala- (“down, under”) → alumine (“bottom, nethermost, under”)
Inflection
Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -mine -mised
accusative nom.
gen. -mise
genitive -miste
partitive -mist -misi
illative -misse
-misesse 		-mistesse
-misisse
inessive -mises -mistes
-misis
elative -misest -mistest
-misist
allative -misele -mistele
-misile
adessive -misel -mistel
-misil
ablative -miselt -mistelt
-misilt
translative -miseks -misteks
-misiks
terminative -miseni -misteni
essive -misena -mistena
abessive -miseta -misteta
comitative -misega -mistega
Derived terms
Estonian terms suffixed with -mine
desovetiseerimine
desovjetiseerimine
elamine
ettevõtmine
järgmine
kasutamine
keskmine
kohtumine
käitumine
lüüasaamine
masturbeerimine
mõtlemine
nägemine
paaritumine
peamine
pidamine
piiramine
piirdumine
riietumine
roojamine
röövimine
sisemine
teadmine
tegemine
tuletamine
tõlkimine
uisutamine
valimine
õpetamine
õppimine

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-minën.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)

  1. forms verbal nouns from verbs, generally corresponding to the English gerund suffix -ing.
    1. sööma (“to eat”) → söömine (“eating”)
    2. esinema (“to perform”) → esinemine (“performance, performing”)
Inflection
Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -mine -mised
accusative nom.
gen. -mise
genitive -miste
partitive -mist -misi
illative -misse
-misesse 		-mistesse
-misisse
inessive -mises -mistes
-misis
elative -misest -mistest
-misist
allative -misele -mistele
-misile
adessive -misel -mistel
-misil
ablative -miselt -mistelt
-misilt
translative -miseks -misteks
-misiks
terminative -miseni -misteni
essive -misena -mistena
abessive -miseta -misteta
comitative -misega -mistega

Latin

Suffix

-mine

  1. ablative singular of -men
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