ensi-

See also: ensi, ēnsì, and -ensi

Finnish

Etymology

See ensi.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: en‧si

Prefix

ensi-

  1. premier, first; inaugural.

Inflection
  • All the cases of ensi- serve in Finnish as adverbs. The elative singular is always used with the possessive suffix -än (more infrequently with -nsä).
noun case singular plural
nominative (ensi-) –
genitive ennen –
partitive – –
inessive – –
elative ennestä + -nsä/-än –
illative – –
adessive – –
ablative – –
allative – –
essive – –
translative – ensiksi
instructive – ensin
abessive – –
comitative – –

Derived terms
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  • See the inflection table.

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