The em- stem is from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother, woman”). The -s- is a diminutive suffix.[1][2]
emse (plural emsék)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | emse | emsék |
accusative | emsét | emséket |
dative | emsének | emséknek |
instrumental | emsével | emsékkel |
causal-final | emséért | emsékért |
translative | emsévé | emsékké |
terminative | emséig | emsékig |
essive-formal | emseként | emsékként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | emsében | emsékben |
superessive | emsén | emséken |
adessive | emsénél | emséknél |
illative | emsébe | emsékbe |
sublative | emsére | emsékre |
allative | emséhez | emsékhez |
elative | emséből | emsékből |
delative | emséről | emsékről |
ablative | emsétől | emséktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
emséé | emséké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
emsééi | emsékéi |
Possessive forms of emse | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | emsém | emséim |
2nd person sing. | emséd | emséid |
3rd person sing. | emséje | emséi |
1st person plural | emsénk | emséink |
2nd person plural | emsétek | emséitek |
3rd person plural | emséjük | emséik |