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seen sen Seen Finnish Etymology From earlier *-sehen, a combination of the fi urj-fin-pro - illative suffixes urj-fin-pro *-sën illative and urj-fin-pro *-hën illative. Suffix case Marks the illative case (in the singular). 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 fi neitsyt, this suffix is common, based on a stem like fi neitsyee-, but it is grammatically wrong – fi -Vn -en is preferred in formal usage, using on a stem like fi neitsye-. + Examples word stem (strong) vowel stem illative fi harmaa fi harmaa- fi harmaaseen fi joukkue fi joukkuee- fi joukkueeseen See also fi -hin fi -hVn fi -siin fi -Vn Further reading