Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | liina |
| Partitive | liinaa |
| Genetive | liinan |
| Accusative | liinan |
| Inessive | liinassa |
| Elative | liinasta |
| Illative | liinaan |
| Adessive | liinalla |
| Ablative | liinalta |
| Allative | liinalle |
| Essive | liinana |
| Translative | liinaksi |
| Abessive | liinatta |
Plural
| Nominative | liinat |
| Partitive | liinoja |
| Genetive | liinojen |
| Accusative | liinat |
| Inessive | liinoissa |
| Elative | liinoista |
| Illative | liinoihin |
| Adessive | liinoilla |
| Ablative | liinoilta |
| Allative | liinoille |
| Essive | liinoina |
| Translative | liinoiksi |
| Abessive | liinoitta |
| Instructive | liinoin |
| Comitative | liinoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *liina (compare Karelian liina, Veps lin), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”) (compare English linen, German Lein, Swedish lin). Related also to Estonian lina (“flax, linen”), which was borrowed separately from Slavic or Baltic. See: English Nouns '
linen', German Nouns '
Lein', Swedish Nouns '
lin'.
Nouns inflected like liina
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)