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Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *-sehen, a combination of the Proto-Finnic illative suffixes *-sën and *-hën.
Suffix
-seen
- Forms the illative singular case.
Usage notes
- See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the illative case is used.
- Used after a second- or third-syllable long vowel. For words like neitsyt, this suffix is common, based on a stem like neitsyee-, but it is grammatically wrong – -en is preferred in formal usage, using on a stem like neitsye-.
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