-isin

See also: isin, ISIN, işin, Işın, ísin, ısın, and ışın

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-icin. Related to Estonian -si and Livonian . Probably originally an instructive plural form of *-inën (-inen), at least in the non-temporal sense.

Suffix

-isin

  1. Forms temporal distributive adverbs.
    aamu (morning) + -isinaamuisin (in the mornings)
    maanantai (Monday) + -isinmaanantaisin (on Mondays)
    kesä (summer) + -isinkesäisin (in the summers)
  2. Used to form some adverbs.
    väki + -isinväkisin

Usage notes

-isin adverbs are generally considered to be derived from plural stems, but it is likely that the -i- was always part of the suffix, as with -itse.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -isin

See also

Anagrams

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