purje
From Proto-Finnic *purjëh, either borrowed from Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”), or from Baltic (compare Lithuanian burė, Latvian bura). The Baltic words have also sometimes been proposed to be Finnic loans.
purje
| Inflection of purje (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | purje | purjeet | ||
| genitive | purjeen | purjeiden purjeitten | ||
| partitive | purjetta | purjeita | ||
| illative | purjeeseen | purjeisiin purjeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | purje | purjeet | ||
| accusative | nom. | purje | purjeet | |
| gen. | purjeen | |||
| genitive | purjeen | purjeiden purjeitten | ||
| partitive | purjetta | purjeita | ||
| inessive | purjeessa | purjeissa | ||
| elative | purjeesta | purjeista | ||
| illative | purjeeseen | purjeisiin purjeihin | ||
| adessive | purjeella | purjeilla | ||
| ablative | purjeelta | purjeilta | ||
| allative | purjeelle | purjeille | ||
| essive | purjeena | purjeina | ||
| translative | purjeeksi | purjeiksi | ||
| abessive | purjeetta | purjeitta | ||
| instructive | — | purjein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
From Proto-Finnic *purjëh. Cognates include Finnish purje and Estonian puri.
purje
| Declension of purje (type 6/lähe, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | purje | purjeet |
| genitive | purjeen | purjein |
| partitive | purjetta | purjeita |
| illative | purjeesse | purjeisse |
| inessive | purjees | purjeis |
| elative | purjeest | purjeist |
| allative | purjeelle | purjeille |
| adessive | purjeel | purjeil |
| ablative | purjeelt | purjeilt |
| translative | purjeeks | purjeiks |
| essive | purjeenna, purjeen | purjeinna, purjein |
| exessive1) | purjeent | purjeint |
| 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. | ||