Hyphenation: mat‧saa
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | matsan |
| Sg.2 | matsat |
| Sg.3 | matsaa |
| Pl.1 | matsamma |
| Pl.2 | matsatta |
| Pl.3 | matsaat; matsavat; matsetaa |
| Impersonal | matsetaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | matsin |
| Sg.2 | matsit |
| Sg.3 | matsi |
| Pl.1 | matsimma |
| Pl.2 | matsitta |
| Pl.3 | matsiit; matsivat; matsettii |
| Impersonal | matsettii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | matsaisin |
| Sg.2 | matsaisit |
| Sg.3 | matsais |
| Pl.1 | matsaisimma |
| Pl.2 | matsaisitta |
| Pl.3 | matsaisiit; matsaisivat; matsettais |
| Impersonal | matsettais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | matsanen |
| Sg.2 | matsanet |
| Sg.3 | matsanoo |
| Pl.1 | matsanemma |
| Pl.2 | matsanetta |
| Pl.3 | matsanoot |
| Impersonal | matsettannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | matsaist; matsa |
| Sg.3 | matsakoo |
| Pl.2 | matsakaa |
| Pl.3 | matsakoot |
| Impersonal | matsettakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | matsaa |
| II Infinitive, inessive | matsajees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | matsaen |
| III Infinitive, illative | matsamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | matsamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | matsamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | matsamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | matsamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | matsamista; matsamist |
Participles
| Active Present | matsava |
| Passive Present | matsettava |
| Active Past | matsant; matsanut |
| Passive Past | matsettu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *macca-, of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include dialectal Finnish matsuttaa and Estonian matsuda. See: Finnish with old forms '
matsuttaa', Estonian '
matsuma'.
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