-inen

Etymology
From. Originally also had the variant, but in the standard language, the two variants have been made distinct by giving them different uses.

Suffix

 * : -like, -ous, -y
 * : -en
 * : -ic
 * : -en
 * : -ic
 * : -en
 * : -ic
 * : -ic
 * : -ic
 * : -ic
 * : -ic

Usage notes

 * This suffix is highly productive.
 * All nominals belong to declension class 38 . Nominals belonging to this class have special combining forms.
 * The combining form used for most derivatives (including basically all nouns) before other words in a compound: the final  is replaced with :
 * &rarr;
 * For words where the root is of Latin or Greek origin, the  too is often dropped.
 * &rarr;
 * When appended to verbs ending in, , the verb stem ending in is used.
 * &rarr;
 * Should not be confused with the diminutive suffix in the standard language. The two suffixes are however etymologically identical and hence the distinction may not be observed in some dialects.
 * Colloquially and dialectally, may lose its . In the most common variants of colloquial Finnish, the  is elided if it is unstressed and immediately preceded by a vowel that is not  and is in the same syllable as  (i.e. part of a  diphthong). The dropping may be avoided if it would result in an unacceptable amount of ambiguity.
 * was originally a distinct suffix, but has become confused with, and most speakers do not recognize them as separate suffixes.