-nt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nt"

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-nta. Cognates include dialectal Finnish -nta and Estonian -nt.

Originally, the suffix would be appended to the ablative stem, but this was changed in analogy to the essive.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-ntɑ/, [-ntɑ], /-ntæ/, [-ntæ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-nt/, [-nd̥]

Suffix

-nt

1. Used to form the exessive case: out of being

Inflection

Possessive forms of -nt
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	-ntaan	-ntaamme
2nd person	-ntaas	-ntaanne
3rd person	-ntaa	-ntaasse

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-nut. Cognates include Finnish -nut and Estonian -nud.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-nt/, [-nd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-nt/, [-nd̥]

Suffix

-nt

1. Used to form the past active participle of verbs.

Usage notes

• After the consonants -l, -r, -n, -s the initial -n- of the suffix is elided:

  ‎ol- + ‎-nt → ‎olt

  ‎pes- + ‎-nt → ‎pest

• An alternative (longer) forms -nut / -nyt exist, which share the same inflected forms.

Declension

(back-vocalic) Declension of -nt (type 14/olt, no gradation, gemination) singular plural nominative -nt -nneet genitive -nneen -nnein partitive -nutta -nneita illative -nneesse -nneisse inessive -nnees -nneis elative -nneest -nneist allative -nneelle -nneille adessive -nneel -nneil ablative -nneelt -nneilt translative -nneeks -nneiks essive -nneenna, -nneen -nneinna, -nnein exessive1) -nneent -nneint 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

(front-vocalic) Declension of -nt (type 14/olt, no gradation, gemination) singular plural nominative -nt -nneet genitive -nneen -nnein partitive -nyttä -nneitä illative -nneesse -nneisse inessive -nnees -nneis elative -nneest -nneist allative -nneelle -nneille adessive -nneel -nneil ablative -nneelt -nneilt translative -nneeks -nneiks essive -nneennä, -nneen -nneinnä, -nnein exessive1) -nneent -nneint 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45