-seen

See also: seen, sen, and Seen

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *-sehen, a combination of the Proto-Finnic illative suffixes *-sën and *-hën.

Suffix

-seen

1. Forms the illative singular case.

Usage notes

• See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the illative case is used.
• 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

word	stem	illative
harmaa	harmaa-	harmaaseen
joukkue	joukkuee-	joukkueeseen

See also

• -hin
• -hVn
• -siin
• -Vn