-jain

jain Jain jaïn jäin Finnish Etymology fi -ja -in instrumental Suffix noun jäin fi rare fi non-productive Forms agent nouns from verbs. Usage notes In the forms fi -ajain, fi -äjäin, the suffix has often reduced to simply fi -ain, fi -äin. It is distinguished from fi -in instrumental in those cases by whether the preceding fi -a- or fi -ä- is present or not; fi elin is fi -in instrumental, but fi eläin is fi -jain. Note however that fi -in instrumental may also be preceded by an fi -a- or fi -ä- in case of verbs with stems that end in a long fi -aa- or fi -ää-. Derived terms fi References