From Proto-Finnic *näic'üt. Cognates include Karelian neičyt (girl, maiden), Veps neitšud, Votic neitsüd (“daughter-in-law, fiancée”), Estonian neitsi and Livonian neitst.[1] Derived as neits- + -yt, but the root word is not certain; it could be a variant of neiti like neitsi.
neitsyt
| Inflection of neitsyt (Kotus type 43/ohut, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | neitsyt | neitsyet | |
| genitive | neitsyen | neitsyiden neitsyitten | |
| partitive | neitsyttä | neitsyitä | |
| illative | neitsyeen | neitsyisiin neitsyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neitsyt | neitsyet | |
| accusative | nom. | neitsyt | neitsyet |
| gen. | neitsyen | ||
| genitive | neitsyen | neitsyiden neitsyitten | |
| partitive | neitsyttä | neitsyitä | |
| inessive | neitsyessä | neitsyissä | |
| elative | neitsyestä | neitsyistä | |
| illative | neitsyeen | neitsyisiin neitsyihin | |
| adessive | neitsyellä | neitsyillä | |
| ablative | neitsyeltä | neitsyiltä | |
| allative | neitsyelle | neitsyille | |
| essive | neitsyenä | neitsyinä | |
| translative | neitsyeksi | neitsyiksi | |
| abessive | neitsyettä | neitsyittä | |
| instructive | — | neitsyin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
In spoken language, the genitive singular can be neitsyeen and the illative singular neitsyeeseen – these forms are proscribed. This confusion is due to the similarity of the nouns ending in -ue / -ye, like joukkue (“team”) (illative singular joukkueeseen), yhtye (“band, musical group”) (illative singular yhtyeeseen).