-toin

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See also: toin and -töin

English

Etymology

From hydantoin.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-toin

  1. (pharmacology) Used to form names of hydantoin derivatives used as antiepileptics.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -toin

Anagrams

Finnish

Suffix

-toin (front vowel harmony variant -töin, linguistic notation -tOin) (dialectal or archaic)

  1. Alternative form of -ton

Usage notes

The -i- only appears in the consonant stem (nominative singular, partitive singular, genitive plural ending in -ten and the consonant-stem essive); i.e. it only appears before the -n-, but never before the -m-.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-t'oin. Akin to Finnish -ton and Estonian -tu.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-toin (front vowel variant -töin)

  1. -less; Indicates lack of something.
    onni (“happiness”) → onnetoin (“miserable”)
Declension
Declension of -toin (type 15/koitoin, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative -toin -ttomat
genitive -ttoman -ttomiin
partitive -tointa, -toint -ttomia
illative -ttomaa -ttomii
inessive -ttomaas -ttomiis
elative -ttomast -ttomist
allative -ttomalle -ttomille
adessive -ttomaal -ttomiil
ablative -ttomalt -ttomilt
translative -ttomaks -ttomiks
essive -ttomanna, -ttomaan -ttominna, -ttomiin
exessive1) -ttomant -ttomint
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.
Derived terms
Ingrian terms suffixed with -toin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-toin

  1. first-person singular past indicative of -ttaa

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-t'oin. Akin to Finnish -ton.

Suffix

-toin (front vowel harmony variant -töin)

  1. Indicates lack of something; -less.
    ‎oža (“happiness”) + ‎-toin → ‎ožatoin (“unhappy”)
    ‎talo (“home”) + ‎-toin → ‎talotoin (“homeless”)

Derived terms

Karelian terms suffixed with -toin
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