Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | faija |
| Partitive | faijaa |
| Genetive | faijan |
| Accusative | faijan |
| Inessive | faijassa |
| Elative | faijasta |
| Illative | faijaan |
| Adessive | faijalla |
| Ablative | faijalta |
| Allative | faijalle |
| Essive | faijana |
| Translative | faijaksi |
| Abessive | faijatta |
Plural
| Nominative | faijat |
| Partitive | faijoja |
| Genetive | faijojen |
| Accusative | faijat |
| Inessive | faijoissa |
| Elative | faijoista |
| Illative | faijoihin |
| Adessive | faijoilla |
| Ablative | faijoilta |
| Allative | faijoille |
| Essive | faijoina |
| Translative | faijoiksi |
| Abessive | faijoitta |
| Instructive | faijoin |
| Comitative | faijoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From dialectal variant of Swedish fader (“father”). Compare also Finnish äijä (“old man”) and Finnish muija (“old woman, hag; wife, girlfriend; young woman, chick”). See: Swedish Nouns '
fader', Finnish Nouns '
äijä', Finnish Nouns '
muija'.
Nouns inflected like faija
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)