-hinen

Etymology
From, a variant of with a -h- (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details).

Usage notes
This suffix often loses the in many dialects (including those that form the basis for the standard language), which can make it difficult to determine whether a suffix was originally  or. One sign is the form the word takes when attached to an e-stem nominal (i.e. a nominal ending in in the nominative form that turns into an  when inflected):  &rarr; ,. Another is the presence of a variant that retains the in dialects.