From Proto-Finnic *paimën, borrowed from a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian piemuo), from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂-i-mn̥ (compare Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn)), from *peh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Latin pastor). Related to Karelian paimoi.
paimen
| Inflection of paimen (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | ||
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien paimenten | ||
| partitive | paimenta | paimenia | ||
| illative | paimeneen | paimeniin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | ||
| accusative | nom. | paimen | paimenet | |
| gen. | paimenen | |||
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien paimenten | ||
| partitive | paimenta | paimenia | ||
| inessive | paimenessa | paimenissa | ||
| elative | paimenesta | paimenista | ||
| illative | paimeneen | paimeniin | ||
| adessive | paimenella | paimenilla | ||
| ablative | paimenelta | paimenilta | ||
| allative | paimenelle | paimenille | ||
| essive | paimenena | paimenina | ||
| translative | paimeneksi | paimeniksi | ||
| abessive | paimenetta | paimenitta | ||
| instructive | — | paimenin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
From Proto-Finnic *paimën. Cognates include Finnish paimen and Veps paimen.
paimen
| Declension of paimen (type 12/tytär, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | paimen | paimenet |
| genitive | paimenen | paimeniin |
| partitive | paimenta | paimenia |
| illative | paimenee | paimenii |
| inessive | paimenees | paimeniis |
| elative | paimenest | paimenist |
| allative | paimenelle | paimenille |
| adessive | paimeneel | paimeniil |
| ablative | paimenelt | paimenilt |
| translative | paimeneks | paimeniks |
| essive | paimenenna, paimeneen | paimeninna, paimeniin |
| exessive1) | paimenent | paimenint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
| North Karelian (Viena) |
paimen |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
paimen |
From Proto-Finnic *paimën. Cognates include Finnish paimen and Veps paimen.
paimen (genitive paimenen, partitive paimenta／paimenda)
| Viena Karelian declension of paimen (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | |
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien | |
| partitive | paimenta | paimenie | |
| illative | paimeneh | paimenih | |
| inessive | paimenešša | paimenissa | |
| elative | paimenešta | paimenista | |
| adessive | paimenella | paimenilla | |
| ablative | paimenelta | paimenilta | |
| translative | paimenekši | paimeniksi | |
| essive | paimenina | paimenina | |
| comitative | — | paimenineh | |
| abessive | paimenetta | paimenitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of paimen (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | |
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien | |
| partitive | paimenda | paimenie | |
| illative | paimeneh | paimenih | |
| inessive | paimenešša | paimenissa | |
| elative | paimenešta | paimenista | |
| adessive | paimenella | paimenilla | |
| ablative | paimenelda | paimenilda | |
| translative | paimenekši | paimeniksi | |
| essive | paimenina | paimenina | |
| comitative | paimenenke | paimeninke | |
| abessive | paimenetta | paimenitta | |
| Possessive forms of paimen | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | paimeneni | |
| 2nd person | paimeneš | |
| 3rd person | paimeneh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *paimën, borrowed from a Baltic language, from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂-i-mn̥. Cognates include Finnish paimen.
paimen
| Inflection of paimen (inflection type 22/homen) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | paimen | ||
| genitive sing. | paimnen | ||
| partitive sing. | paiment | ||
| partitive plur. | paimnid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paimen | paimned | |
| accusative | paimnen | paimned | |
| genitive | paimnen | paimniden | |
| partitive | paiment | paimnid | |
| essive-instructive | paimnen | paimnin | |
| translative | paimneks | paimnikš | |
| inessive | paimnes | paimniš | |
| elative | paimnespäi | paimnišpäi | |
| illative | paimnehe | paimnihe | |
| adessive | paimnel | paimnil | |
| ablative | paimnelpäi | paimnilpäi | |
| allative | paimnele | paimnile | |
| abessive | paimneta | paimnita | |
| comitative | paimnenke | paimnidenke | |
| prolative | paimentme | paimnidme | |
| approximative I | paimnenno | paimnidenno | |
| approximative II | paimnennoks | paimnidennoks | |
| egressive | paimnennopäi | paimnidennopäi | |
| terminative I | paimnehesai | paimnihesai | |
| terminative II | paimnelesai | paimnilesai | |
| terminative III | paimnessai | — | |
| additive I | paimnehepäi | paimnihepäi | |
| additive II | paimnelepäi | paimnilepäi | |