First Division.
This comprises all words belonging to this declension which have the illative sing. ending in a doubled vowel and n.
To this class belong—
I. Dissyllabic roots ending in e preceded by h, l, n, r, s, t, lt, nt, or rt, and all roots ending in -hte, -kse, -pse, -tse.
E.g. Vete, water.
| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vesi | vedet |
| Part. | vettä | vesiä |
| Gen. | veden | vetten or vesien |
| In. | vedessä | vesissä |
| El. | vedestä | vesistä |
| Il. | veteen | vesiin |
| Ad. | vedellä | vesillä |
| Abl. | vedeltä | vesiltä |
| All. | vedelle | vesille |
| Abes. | vedettä | vesittä |
| Prol. | [vedetse] | vesitse |
| Transl. | vedeksi | vesiksi |
| Ess. | vetenä | vesinä |
| Com. | (vetene) | vesine |
| Instr. | (veden) | vesin |
In the nominative sing. te becomes si by rule [37]. The partitive sing. and first genitive plur. are formed from the closed root. In the majority of the cases of the sing. vete becomes vede when the root is closed by the addition of a suffix, while in the plur. te + i becomes ti, which changes to si by the rule above quoted.
The stem miehe, man, forms the nominative mies, partitive miestä, genitive miehen, inessive miehessä, etc. Plur. miehet, genitive miesten, partitive miehiä, inessive miehissä, etc.
Toise, second.