-seen
See also: seen, sen, and Seen
Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *-sehen, a combination of the Proto-Finnic illative suffixes *-sen and *-hen.
Suffix
-seen
- Forms the illative singular case.
Usage notes
Used after a second- or third-syllable long vowel. For words like neitsyt, this suffix is common, based on a stem like neitsyee-, but it is grammatically wrong – -en is preferred in formal usage, using on a stem like neitsye-.
Examples
- harmaa → harmaaseen
- joukkue → joukkueeseen
See also
- -hin
- -hVn
- -siin
- -Vn