-kkain

See also: -kkäin

Finnish

Etymology

From the instructive plural of -kas.

Suffix

-kkain (front vowel harmony variant -kkäin)

  1. Forms situative adverbs.
    kasvot (face) + -kkainkasvokkain (face to face)
    vieri (side) + -kkainvierekkäin (side by side)

Usage notes

  • The case is applied only a limited number of words. Inflected forms are mostly singular, but some words have also a plural form.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -kkain

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Akin to Finnish -kainen.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-kkain (front vowel variant -kkäin)

  1. Forms endearing forms of nouns; -ie
    tyttö (lass) + -kkaintytökkäin (lassie)
Usage notes
  • In its oblique forms, this suffix always carries secondary stress in polysyllabic words.
Declension
Declension of -kkain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -kkain -kkaiset
genitive -kkaisen -kkaisiin
partitive -kkaista, -kkaist -kkaisia
illative -kkaisee -kkaisii
inessive -kkaisees -kkaisiis
elative -kkaisest -kkaisist
allative -kkaiselle -kkaisille
adessive -kkaiseel -kkaisiil
ablative -kkaiselt -kkaisilt
translative -kkaiseks -kkaisiks
essive -kkaisenna, -kkaiseen -kkaisinna, -kkaisiin
exessive1) -kkaisent -kkaisint
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.
Derived terms
Ingrian terms suffixed with -kkain

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-kkain

  1. inflection of -kas:
    1. genitive plural
    2. essive plural
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