neiti
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *neiti, from Proto-Uralic *nejde (“girl, daughter”). Cognates with Estonian neid (“miss, girl”), Inari Sami nieidâ (“girl”), and Forest Enets [Term?] (nere-kétschu, “lass, female child”). Compare Proto-Uralic *näxi (“woman, female”) or *naje (“woman”). In this etymology, the lexeme neiti would have the same Proto-Uralic stem as nainen and naida.
Pronunciation
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Declension
Inflection of neiti (Kotus type 5/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | neiti | neidit | |
genitive | neidin | neitien | |
partitive | neitiä | neitejä | |
illative | neitiin | neiteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | neiti | neidit | |
accusative | nom. | neiti | neidit |
gen. | neidin | ||
genitive | neidin | neitien | |
partitive | neitiä | neitejä | |
inessive | neidissä | neideissä | |
elative | neidistä | neideistä | |
illative | neitiin | neiteihin | |
adessive | neidillä | neideillä | |
ablative | neidiltä | neideiltä | |
allative | neidille | neideille | |
essive | neitinä | neiteinä | |
translative | neidiksi | neideiksi | |
instructive | — | neidein | |
abessive | neidittä | neideittä | |
comitative | — | neiteineen |
Archaic declension:
Declension of neiti (irregular)
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Compounds
- hovineiti
- kamarineiti
- pankkineiti
- pikkuneiti
- seuraneiti
Further reading
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *neiti, from Proto-Uralic *nejde (“girl, daughter”).
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