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ensi-

ensi-

See also: ensi, ēnsì, and -ensi

Finnish

Prefix

ensi-

  1. premier, first; inaugural.

Inflection

  • All the cases of ensi-, except for ennen (a postposition), serve in Finnish as adverbs. The elative singular is always used with the possessive suffix -än (more infrequently with -nsä).
noun case singular plural
nominative (ensi-) –
genitive ennen –
partitive – –
inessive – –
elative ennestä + -nsä/-än –
illative – –
adessive – –
ablative – –
allative – –
essive – –
translative – ensiksi
instructive – ensin
abessive – –
comitative – –

Related terms

  • See the inflection table.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_prefixed_with_ensi-'>Finnish words prefixed with ensi-</a>

See also

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *enci.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: en‧si

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