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Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-tta, from Proto-Uralic *-kta.
Suffix
-tta (front vowel harmony variant -ttä, linguistic notation -ttA)
- Suffix for the abessive case, without.
Usage notes
- Suffixed to the genitive stem in the singular, to the same stem as the inessive in the plural.
- Not very commonly used outside of set phrases, especially the singular forms. The only abessive forms still in general use are abessive forms of the third infinitive.
- See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the abessive case is used.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- -ti (has developed into the general abessive case suffix in most Nyland and South Tavastian dialects)
Etymology 2
Derived from the assimilated final consonant of the stem, *k or *h, plus the partitive suffix -ta.
Suffix
-tta (front vowel harmony variant -ttä, linguistic notation -ttA)
- A suffix for the partitive singular.
Usage notes
- Used predominantly for words whose nominative singular ends in -e and which lengthen that final -e in other singular cases, as well as for ordinal numerals starting from kolmas. Traditionally also for ori.
- See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the partitive case is used.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Finnic *-tta, from Proto-Finno-Permic *-kta.
Suffix
-tta (front vowel harmony variant -ttä, linguistic notation -ttA)
- Forms certain adverbs, typically of manner.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Possibly from Proto-Finnic *-tta, if *aitta contains this suffix; otherwise there are no corresponding forms even in the other Finnic languages.
Suffix
-tta (front vowel harmony variant -ttä, linguistic notation -ttA) (rare)
- Forms some nouns, generally for places.
Usage notes
Suffixed to the weak stem and appears to cause the final -a- to change to -e- in the same way as -mpi, -ella, -ntaa, -eta do. This may, however, be a gap in data, as karjetta and ometta may both be formed analogously to navetta, and the suffix -tto (which is derived from -tta) does not appear to exhibit this behavior.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tta
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
- ró (“to carve”) + -tta → rótta (“he/she (has/had) carved”)
- (verbal-participle suffix) Forms the verbal participle of certain verbs, always following the agent noun.
- szí (“to suck”) + -tta → [nap]szítta [haj] (“ bleached by ”, literally “sun-sucked hair”)
Usage notes
- (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -tta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
- -tte is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
- -otta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
- -ette is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -ötte is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)
- -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)
- -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)
See also
Further reading
Pali
Alternative forms
Suffix
-tta
- This suffix forms a class of neuter abstract nouns from adjectives and nouns, and express the state, nature or quality of being that which is denoted by the adjective or noun.
- Synonym: -tā
Declension
Declension table of "-tta" (neuter)