-iso
Finnish
Etymology
Technically re-extracted from nuoriso. Probably originally -isa + -i (with -isa-i > -iso).
Suffix
-iso (front vowel harmony variant -isö)
- Forms collective nouns describing groups of people
- nuoriso – youth (from nuori, young)
- ylhäisö – nobility (from ylhä-, high)
- yleisö – audience (from yleinen – common)
Declension
| Inflection of -iso (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -iso | -isot | |
| genitive | -ison | -isojen -isoiden -isoitten | |
| partitive | -isoa | -isoja -isoita | |
| illative | -isoon | -isoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -iso | -isot | |
| accusative | nom. | -iso | -isot |
| gen. | -ison | ||
| genitive | -ison | -isojen -isoiden -isoitten | |
| partitive | -isoa | -isoja -isoita | |
| inessive | -isossa | -isoissa | |
| elative | -isosta | -isoista | |
| illative | -isoon | -isoihin | |
| adessive | -isolla | -isoilla | |
| ablative | -isolta | -isoilta | |
| allative | -isolle | -isoille | |
| essive | -isona | -isoina | |
| translative | -isoksi | -isoiksi | |
| instructive | — | -isoin | |
| abessive | -isotta | -isoitta | |
| comitative | — | -isoineen | |
| Possessive forms of -iso (type palvelu) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -isoni | -isomme |
| 2nd person | -isosi | -isonne |
| 3rd person | -isonsa | |
Derived terms
► Finnish words suffixed with -iso
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