-lain

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-lainen.

Suffix

-lain (genitive -lazõõ, partitive [please provide])

  1. Forms nouns with the meaning of "inhabitant", or agent nouns that have the characteristic of the noun that it is derived from
    viro (“Estonia”) → virolain (“an Estonian person”)
    õma (“own”) → õmalain (“relative, ally, one's own people”)
    ühsi (“one”) → ühsilain (“lonely person”)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
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