Noun type: 48
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | aine |
| Partitive | ainetta |
| Genetive | aineen |
| Accusative | aineen |
| Inessive | aineessa |
| Elative | aineesta |
| Illative | aineeseen |
| Adessive | aineella |
| Ablative | aineelta |
| Allative | aineelle |
| Essive | aineena |
| Translative | aineeksi |
| Abessive | aineetta |
Plural
| Nominative | aineet |
| Partitive | aineita |
| Genetive | aineiden; aineitten |
| Accusative | aineet |
| Inessive | aineissa |
| Elative | aineista |
| Illative | aineisiin; aineihin |
| Adessive | aineilla |
| Ablative | aineilta |
| Allative | aineille |
| Essive | aineina |
| Translative | aineiksi |
| Abessive | aineitta |
| Instructive | ainein |
| Comitative | aineine |
Sample Sentences
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Hänen lempiaineensa on fysiikka. (Her favorite subject is physics.)
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aine historiasta (an essay on history)
Etymology
From *aineh, related to Karelian aineh and Estonian aine (loan from Finnish), probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *afniz (compare Swedish ämne (“matter, subject”)). The correspondence of Germanic *f with Finnish i may seem exceptional, but has a parallel in eine. The sense “essay” was coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853 (as ainekirjoitus). See: Swedish Nouns '
ämne'.
Nouns inflected like aine
aarre,
aate,
aave,
ahde,
ahne,
aidanne,
aie,
aihe,
aine,
ajankuluke,
ajanviete,
alanne,
alkeet,
aloite,
aloke,
altiste,
alue,
aluke,
amme,
ane, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)