-vat
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-bat.
Suffix
-vat
- (personal) Forms the third-person plural of verbs.
Usage notes
- Suffixed to the same stem that the first person singular has both in the present and the past tense, and in all moods.
- Colloquially, the third-person singular is sometimes used instead of the plural.
Synonyms
- -t (dialectal; only in imperfective and conditional)
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