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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian siena and Lithuanian siena).
Noun
*saina
- wall (structure acting as side or division in a building)
Inflection
Inflection of *saina
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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*saina
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*sainat
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accusative
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*sainan
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*sainat
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genitive
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*sainan
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*sainadën *sainoidën
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partitive
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*sainada
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*sainoida
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inessive
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*sainassa *sainahna
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*sainoissa *sainoihna
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elative
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*sainasta
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*sainoista
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illative
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*sainahën
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*sainoihën
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adessive
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*sainalla
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*sainoilla
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ablative
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*sainalta
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*sainoilta
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allative
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*sainalën *sainalëk
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*sainoilën *sainoilëk
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essive
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*sainana
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*sainoina
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translative
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*sainaksi
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*sainoiksi
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instructive
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*sainan
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*sainoin
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comitative
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*sainanëk
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*sainoinëk
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abessive
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*sainatta
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*sainoitta
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Descendants
References
- “sein”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012