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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa + *-oi, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárbʰas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarpēs, Erzya уроз (uroz), Hungarian árva.
Noun
*orpoi
- orphan
Adjective
*orpoi
- orphan, orphaned
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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*orpoi
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*orboit
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accusative
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*orboin
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*orboit
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genitive
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*orboin
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*orpoidën *orpoidën
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partitive
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*orpoida
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*orpoida
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inessive
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*orboissa *orboihna
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*orboissa *orboihna
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elative
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*orboista
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*orboista
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illative
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*orpoihën
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*orpoihën
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adessive
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*orboilla
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*orboilla
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ablative
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*orboilta
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*orboilta
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allative
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*orpoilën *orpoilëk
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*orpoilën *orpoilëk
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essive
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*orpoina
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*orpoina
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translative
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*orboiksi
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*orboiksi
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instructive
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*orboin
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*orboin
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comitative
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*orpoinëk
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*orpoinëk
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abessive
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*orboitta
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*orboitta
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Descendants
Further reading
- “orb”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012