Noun type: 41
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | parras |
| Partitive | parrasta |
| Genetive | partaan |
| Accusative | partaan |
| Inessive | partaassa |
| Elative | partaasta |
| Illative | partaaseen |
| Adessive | partaalla |
| Ablative | partaalta |
| Allative | partaalle |
| Essive | partaana |
| Translative | partaaksi |
| Abessive | partaatta |
Plural
| Nominative | partaat |
| Partitive | partaita |
| Genetive | partaiden; partaitten |
| Accusative | partaita |
| Inessive | partaissa |
| Elative | partaista |
| Illative | partaisiin |
| Adessive | partailla |
| Ablative | partailta |
| Allative | partaille |
| Essive | partaina |
| Translative | partaiksi |
| Abessive | partaitta |
| Instructive | partain |
| Comitative | partaine |
Sample Sentences
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tuhon partaalla (on the brink of destruction)
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saattaa tuhon partaalle (to bring to the brink of destruction)
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olla haudan partaalla (to have one foot in the grave, to be on one's last legs)
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Hän oli itkun partaalla. (She was about to cry. / She was on the verge of tears.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pardas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (“edge”), compare Old Norse barð (“brim, verge”). Cognates include Estonian parras, Livonian pārdaz, Ludian pardaz. See: Old Norse Nouns '
barð'.
Nouns inflected like parras
aallokas,
ahdas,
ahnas,
aistikas,
ajatuksekas,
ajokas,
allas,
aloitteikas,
alokas,
altis,
ankerias,
ansas,
ansiokas,
antelias,
armas,
armelias,
armias,
aromikas,
arvokas,
asbestikangas, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)