FromProto-Finnic*nisu. Cognate toFinnishnisu andLivvinižu.
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nisu (genitivenisu,partitivenisu)
Declension ofnisu (ÕS type17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | nisu | nisud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | nisu | ||
genitive | nisude | ||
partitive | nisu | nisusid | |
illative | nissu nisusse | nisudesse | |
inessive | nisus | nisudes | |
elative | nisust | nisudest | |
allative | nisule | nisudele | |
adessive | nisul | nisudel | |
ablative | nisult | nisudelt | |
translative | nisuks | nisudeks | |
terminative | nisuni | nisudeni | |
essive | nisuna | nisudena | |
abessive | nisuta | nisudeta | |
comitative | nisuga | nisudega |
FromProto-Finnic*nisu (compareEstoniannisu,Livonianni’zzõz,Vepsńižu,Voticnisu). Equivalent tonisä(“udder, breast”) +-u; the sense may have originally been "snack", from which "wheat, something made of wheat",[1] or may have evoked a comparison between the white milk secreted from a teat and the light-colored grain.[2]
nisu
Dialectal distribution ofnisu(“wheat”) | |
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The classification of and data for regional dialects is based on pre-1950s data. Since the 1950s, the dialects have become increasingly mixed, levelled and influenced by Standard Finnish. Besides Standard Finnish, a relatively uniform and originally urban 'colloquial Finnish' is beginning to emerge in their place, especially in the cities. Source:Suomen murteiden sanakirja byKotimaisten kielten keskus (CC BY 4.0); see the information for thebackground image for its sources and licensing |
Dialectal distribution ofnisu(“something baked of wheat”) | |
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The classification of and data for regional dialects is based on pre-1950s data. Since the 1950s, the dialects have become increasingly mixed, levelled and influenced by Standard Finnish. Besides Standard Finnish, a relatively uniform and originally urban 'colloquial Finnish' is beginning to emerge in their place, especially in the cities. Source:Suomen murteiden sanakirja byKotimaisten kielten keskus (CC BY 4.0); see the information for thebackground image for its sources and licensing |
Inflection ofnisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nisu | nisut | |
genitive | nisun | nisujen | |
partitive | nisua | nisuja | |
illative | nisuun | nisuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nisu | nisut | |
accusative | nom. | nisu | nisut |
gen. | nisun | ||
genitive | nisun | nisujen | |
partitive | nisua | nisuja | |
inessive | nisussa | nisuissa | |
elative | nisusta | nisuista | |
illative | nisuun | nisuihin | |
adessive | nisulla | nisuilla | |
ablative | nisulta | nisuilta | |
allative | nisulle | nisuille | |
essive | nisuna | nisuina | |
translative | nisuksi | nisuiksi | |
abessive | nisutta | nisuitta | |
instructive | — | nisuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
FromProto-Finnic*nisu. Cognates includeFinnishnisu andEstoniannisu.
nisu
Declension ofnisu (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nisu | nisut |
genitive | nisun | nissuin,nisuloin |
partitive | nissua | nisuja,nisuloja |
illative | nissuu | nissui,nisuloihe |
inessive | nisus | nisuis,nisulois |
elative | nisust | nisuist,nisuloist |
allative | nisulle | nisuille,nisuloille |
adessive | nisul | nisuil,nisuloil |
ablative | nisult | nisuilt,nisuloilt |
translative | nisuks | nisuiks,nisuloiks |
essive | nisunna,nissuun | nisuinna,nisuloinna,nissuin,nisuloin |
exessive1) | nisunt | nisuint,nisuloint |
1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. |
nisu
nīsū
FromProto-Samic*nisōn.
nisu
Odd,ss-s gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | nisu | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | nissona | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | nisu | nissonat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | nissona | nissoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | nissona | nissoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | nissonii | nissoniidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | nissonis | nissoniin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | nissoniin | nissoniiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | nisun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
nisu
Odd,ss-s gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | nisu | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | nissona | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | nisu | nissonat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | nissona | nissoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | nissona | nissoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | nissonii | nissoniidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | nissonis | nissoniin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | nissoniin | nissoniiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | nisun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FromProto-Slavic*ne +*sǫtь, first-person plural present tense form of*byti. This formation was kept in Old Church Slavonic asне сѫтъ(ne sǫtŭ) (seeбꙑти(byti)). However, in other South Slavic vernaculars, this form irregularly later createdněsu (attested in 1334), probably influenced byněsam (seenisam). Because of the yat reflex,něsu became rendered asnisu in Ikavian speeches.
nísu (Cyrillic spellingни́су)
id=rABbczk4OAPlease seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “jesam”, inRječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[5] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb:JAZU, page606
FromProto-Finnic*nisu.
nisu
Declension ofnisu (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nisu | nizud |
genitive | nizu | nisujõ,nisui |
partitive | nissua | nisuitõ,nisui |
illative | nissusõ,nissu | nisuisõ |
inessive | nizuz | nisuiz |
elative | nizussõ | nisuissõ |
allative | nizulõ | nisuilõ |
adessive | nizullõ | nisuillõ |
ablative | nizultõ | nisuiltõ |
translative | nizussi | nisuissi |
*) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) theterminative is formed by adding the suffix-ssaa to the shortillative (sg) or thegenitive. ***) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka to thegenitive. |