Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | aapa |
| Partitive | aapaa |
| Genetive | aavan |
| Accusative | aavan |
| Inessive | aavassa |
| Elative | aavasta |
| Illative | aapaan |
| Adessive | aavalla |
| Ablative | aavalta |
| Allative | aavalle |
| Essive | aapana |
| Translative | aavaksi |
| Abessive | aavatta |
Plural
| Nominative | aavat |
| Partitive | aapoja |
| Genetive | aapojen |
| Accusative | aavat |
| Inessive | aavoissa |
| Elative | aavoista |
| Illative | aapoihin |
| Adessive | aavoilla |
| Ablative | aavoilta |
| Allative | aavoille |
| Essive | aapoina |
| Translative | aavoiksi |
| Abessive | aavoitta |
| Instructive | aavoin |
| Comitative | aapoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
1. From a Sami language (compare Northern Sami áhpi (“swamp, high seas”)), from Old Norse haf.
2. In use at least since the second half of the 19th century, for instance attested in Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880). See: Old Norse Nouns '
haf'.
Nouns inflected like aapa
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)