From Proto-Finnic *morcijan, borrowed from Baltic; compare Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”), Old Prussian mārtjan (“bride, sister-in-law”). Cognates in other Finnic languages include Estonian mõrsja (“bride”), Ingrian morssia (“bride”), Karelian moršien (“bride”), Veps murzei (“bride, sister-in-law”).
morsian
| Inflection of morsian (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | morsian | morsiamet | |
| genitive | morsiamen | morsiamien morsianten | |
| partitive | morsianta | morsiamia | |
| illative | morsiameen | morsiamiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | morsian | morsiamet | |
| accusative | nom. | morsian | morsiamet |
| gen. | morsiamen | ||
| genitive | morsiamen | morsiamien morsianten | |
| partitive | morsianta | morsiamia | |
| inessive | morsiamessa | morsiamissa | |
| elative | morsiamesta | morsiamista | |
| illative | morsiameen | morsiamiin | |
| adessive | morsiamella | morsiamilla | |
| ablative | morsiamelta | morsiamilta | |
| allative | morsiamelle | morsiamille | |
| essive | morsiamena | morsiamina | |
| translative | morsiameksi | morsiamiksi | |
| abessive | morsiametta | morsiamitta | |
| instructive | — | morsiamin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||