Noun type: 29
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | lapsi |
| Partitive | lasta |
| Genetive | lapsen |
| Accusative | lapsen |
| Inessive | lapsessa |
| Elative | lapsesta |
| Illative | lapseen |
| Adessive | lapsella |
| Ablative | lapselta |
| Allative | lapselle |
| Essive | lapsena |
| Translative | lapseksi |
| Abessive | lapsetta |
Plural
| Nominative | lapset |
| Partitive | lapsia |
| Genetive | lasten; lapsien |
| Accusative | lapset |
| Inessive | lapsissa |
| Elative | lapsista |
| Illative | lapsiin |
| Adessive | lapsilla |
| Ablative | lapsilta |
| Allative | lapsille |
| Essive | lapsina |
| Translative | lapsiksi |
| Abessive | lapsitta |
| Instructive | lapsin |
| Comitative | lapsine |
Sample Sentences
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Nuorin lapseni on neljänkymmenenkolmen. (My youngest child is forty-three.)
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Jumalan lapsi (child of God)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lapci (compare Estonian laps), probably from Proto-Uralic *lëpće (“cradle”) (compare Erzya лавсь (lavś, “cradle”), Eastern Mari лепш (ĺepš, “cradle”), Tundra Nenets ебц (yebc°, “cradle”)).
Nouns inflected like lapsi
lapsi,