-mine
See also: mine, Mine, and miné
Estonian
Etymology 1
Related to -ne and -line.
Suffix
-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)
- derives adjectives from nouns or prefixes
- sise- (“inside, in”) → sisemine (“intrinsic”)
- pea (“head”) → peamine (“primary”)
- ala- (“down, under”) → alumine (“bottom, nethermost, under”)
Inflection
Inflection of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -mine | -mised |
| accusative | -mise | -mised |
| genitive | -mise | -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
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *-minen.
Suffix
-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)
- forms verbal nouns from verbs, generally corresponding to the English gerund suffix -ing.
- sööma (“to eat”) → söömine (“eating”)
- esinema (“to perform”) → esinemine (“performance, performing”)
Inflection
Inflection of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -mine | -mised |
| accusative | -mise | -mised |
| genitive | -mise | -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
- ablative singular of -men