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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/armas
 | This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“pitiful, poor”), with later ameliorative semantic development. In the modern Finnic languages, the meaning "pitiful" survives only dialectally in Estonian, and in the derivatives *armahtadak, *armastadak.
Adjective
*armas
- dear, beloved
- pitiful
Inflection
Inflection of *armas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *armas | *armahet | |
| accusative | *armahen | *armahet | |
| genitive | *armahen | *armasten *armahiden | |
| partitive | *armasta | *armahita | |
| inessive | *armahessa *armahehna | *armahissa *armahihna | |
| elative | *armahesta | *armahista | |
| illative | *armahesen | *armahisen | |
| adessive | *armahella | *armahilla | |
| ablative | *armahelta | *armahilta | |
| allative | *armahelen *armahelek | *armahilen *armahilek | |
| essive | *armassa | *armahina | |
| translative | *armaheksi | *armahiksi | |
| instructive | *armahen | *armahin | |
| comitative | *armassek | *armahinek | |
| abessive | *armahetta | *armahitta | |
Derived terms
- *armahtadak
- *armastadak
Related terms
- *armo
Descendants
- Estonian: armas
- Finnish: armas
- Ingrian: armas
- Karelian: armas
- Livonian: ārmaz
- Livvi: armas
- Ludian: armaz
- Veps: armaz
- Võro: armas, armsa (with metathesis)
- Votic: armõz
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN