Noun type: 5
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kahvi |
| Partitive | kahvia |
| Genetive | kahvin |
| Accusative | kahvin |
| Inessive | kahvissa |
| Elative | kahvista |
| Illative | kahviin |
| Adessive | kahvilla |
| Ablative | kahvilta |
| Allative | kahville |
| Essive | kahvina |
| Translative | kahviksi |
| Abessive | kahvitta |
Plural
| Nominative | kahvit |
| Partitive | kahveja |
| Genetive | kahvien |
| Accusative | kahvit |
| Inessive | kahveissa |
| Elative | kahveista |
| Illative | kahveihin |
| Adessive | kahveilla |
| Ablative | kahveilta |
| Allative | kahveille |
| Essive | kahveina |
| Translative | kahveiksi |
| Abessive | kahveitta |
| Instructive | kahvein |
| Comitative | kahveine |
Sample Sentences
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Suomalaiset ovat maailman ahkerimpia kahvin kuluttajia väkilukuun suhteutettuna. (Finns are among the most active coffee consumers in the world per capita.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish kaffe (with regular -ff- > -hv- due to most Finnish dialects lacking /f/), ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). See: Swedish Nouns '
kaffe'.
Nouns inflected like kahvi
aaprotti,
aari,
aasi,
aatami,
aatelointi,
abatsi,
abessiivi,
abi,
abiturientti,
ablatiivi,
abnormi,
aboriginaali,
abortointi,
abortti,
absessi,
absintti,
absolutismi,
absolutisti,
absoluutti,
absorbointi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)