paimen
Finnish
Etymology
Related to Karelian paimoi. From a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian piemuo), from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂-i-mn̥ (compare Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn)), from *peh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Latin pastor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɑime̞n]
- Hyphenation: pai‧men
Noun
paimen
- A herdsman.
- A herd (one who herds or assembles, a herdsman).
- A shepherd (metaphorical: someone who watches over and guides).
Declension
| Inflection of paimen (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | |
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien paimenten | |
| partitive | paimenta | paimenia | |
| illative | paimeneen | paimeniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paimen | paimenet | |
| accusative | nom. | paimen | paimenet |
| gen. | paimenen | ||
| genitive | paimenen | paimenien paimenten | |
| partitive | paimenta | paimenia | |
| inessive | paimenessa | paimenissa | |
| elative | paimenesta | paimenista | |
| illative | paimeneen | paimeniin | |
| adessive | paimenella | paimenilla | |
| ablative | paimenelta | paimenilta | |
| allative | paimenelle | paimenille | |
| essive | paimenena | paimenina | |
| translative | paimeneksi | paimeniksi | |
| instructive | — | paimenin | |
| abessive | paimenetta | paimenitta | |
| comitative | — | paimenineen | |
Derived terms
- verbs: paimentaa
Compounds
Ingrian
Etymology
Related to Finnish paimen.
Noun
paimen
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish paimen.
Noun
paimen
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