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-isa

-isa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

Finnish

Suffix

-isa (front vowel harmony variant -isä)

  1. A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns and verbs.
    kaiku (echo) + -isa -> kaikuisa (reverberant)
    myrsky (storm) + -isa -> myrskyisä (stormy)

Declension

Inflection of -isa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative -isa -isat
genitive -isan -isien
partitive -isaa -isia
illative -isaan -isiin
singular plural
nominative -isa -isat
accusative nom. -isa -isat
gen. -isan
genitive -isan -isien
-isainrare
partitive -isaa -isia
inessive -isassa -isissa
elative -isasta -isista
illative -isaan -isiin
adessive -isalla -isilla
ablative -isalta -isilta
allative -isalle -isille
essive -isana -isina
translative -isaksi -isiksi
instructive -isin
abessive -isatta -isitta
comitative -isine

Synonyms

Derived terms

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