Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | vara |
| Partitive | varaa |
| Genetive | varan |
| Accusative | varan |
| Inessive | varassa |
| Elative | varasta |
| Illative | varaan |
| Adessive | varalla |
| Ablative | varalta |
| Allative | varalle |
| Essive | varana |
| Translative | varaksi |
| Abessive | varatta |
Plural
| Nominative | varat |
| Partitive | varoja |
| Genetive | varojen |
| Accusative | varat |
| Inessive | varoissa |
| Elative | varoista |
| Illative | varoihin |
| Adessive | varoilla |
| Ablative | varoilta |
| Allative | varoille |
| Essive | varoina |
| Translative | varoiksi |
| Abessive | varoitta |
| Instructive | varoin |
| Comitative | varoine |
Sample Sentences
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Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi. (A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.)
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Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla. (I have an extra plug as backup.)
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Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat. (Iraq has large oil reserves.)
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Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. (I can't afford this.)
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Minulla ei ole varaa autoon. (I can't afford a car.)
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Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa. (Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.)
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Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin. (We have no margin for errors.)
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Pidä varasi, ettet putoa. (Be careful so that you don't fall.)
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Ei vara venettä kaada. (Caution does not overturn a boat.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vara (compare Estonian vara), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warō (compare Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”), English ware (“aware”), aware, ware (“goods”)). See: Swedish Nouns '
vara', English Nouns '
ware'.
Nouns inflected like vara
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)