-mine

See also: mine, Mine, and miné

Estonian

Etymology 1

Related to -ne and -line. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist, comparative -misem, superlative kõige -misem)

  1. derives adjectives from nouns or prefixes
    1. sise- (“inside, in”) → sisemine (“intrinsic”)
    2. pea (“head”) → peamine (“primary”)
    3. ala- (“down, under”) → alumine (“bottom, nethermost, under”)
Inflection
Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -mine -mised
accusative nom.
gen. -mise
genitive -miste
partitive -mist -misi
illative -misse
-misesse
-mistesse
-misisse
inessive -mises -mistes
-misis
elative -misest -mistest
-misist
allative -misele -mistele
-misile
adessive -misel -mistel
-misil
ablative -miselt -mistelt
-misilt
translative -miseks -misteks
-misiks
terminative -miseni -misteni
essive -misena -mistena
abessive -miseta -misteta
comitative -misega -mistega
Derived terms
Estonian terms suffixed with -mine

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-minën.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)

  1. forms verbal nouns from verbs, generally corresponding to the English gerund suffix -ing.
    1. sööma (“to eat”) → söömine (“eating”)
    2. esinema (“to perform”) → esinemine (“performance, performing”)
Inflection
Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -mine -mised
accusative nom.
gen. -mise
genitive -miste
partitive -mist -misi
illative -misse
-misesse
-mistesse
-misisse
inessive -mises -mistes
-misis
elative -misest -mistest
-misist
allative -misele -mistele
-misile
adessive -misel -mistel
-misil
ablative -miselt -mistelt
-misilt
translative -miseks -misteks
-misiks
terminative -miseni -misteni
essive -misena -mistena
abessive -miseta -misteta
comitative -misega -mistega

Latin

Suffix

-mine

  1. ablative singular of -men
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