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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Sometimes compared with Lithuanian samanos, but a borrowing from Baltic is not considered certain.
Noun
*sammal
- moss
Inflection
Inflection of *sammal
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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*sammal
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*sammalët
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accusative
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*sammalën
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*sammalët
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genitive
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*sammalën
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*sammaldën *sammalidën
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partitive
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*sammalta
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*sammalita
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inessive
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*sammalëssa *sammalëhna
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*sammalissa *sammalihna
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elative
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*sammalësta
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*sammalista
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illative
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*sammalësën
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*sammalisën
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adessive
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*sammalëlla
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*sammalilla
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ablative
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*sammalëlta
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*sammalilta
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allative
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*sammalëlën *sammalëlëk
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*sammalilën *sammalilëk
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essive
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*sammalla
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*sammalina
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translative
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*sammalëksi
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*sammaliksi
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instructive
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*sammalën
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*sammalin
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comitative
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*sammallëk
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*sammalinëk
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abessive
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*sammalëtta
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*sammalitta
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Descendants
Further reading
- “sammal”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012