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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Adjective
*nëtra[1]
- weak; frail; poor
- flexible
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*nëtra
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*nëtrat
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accusative
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*nëtran
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*nëtrat
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genitive
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*nëtran
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*nëtradën *nëtroidën
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partitive
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*nëtrada
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*nëtroida
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inessive
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*nëtrassa *nëtrahna
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*nëtroissa *nëtroihna
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elative
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*nëtrasta
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*nëtroista
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illative
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*nëtrahën
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*nëtroihën
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adessive
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*nëtralla
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*nëtroilla
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ablative
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*nëtralta
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*nëtroilta
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allative
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*nëtralën *nëtralëk
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*nëtroilën *nëtroilëk
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essive
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*nëtrana
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*nëtroina
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translative
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*nëtraksi
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*nëtroiksi
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instructive
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*nëtran
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*nëtroin
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comitative
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*nëtranëk
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*nëtroinëk
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abessive
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*nëtratta
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*nëtroitta
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Descendants
From *neträ
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nEtrA”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “nõder”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012