Noun type: 49
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | askar; askare |
| Partitive | askarta; askaretta |
| Genetive | askaren; askareen |
| Accusative | askaren; askareen |
| Inessive | askaressa; askareessa |
| Elative | askaresta; askareesta |
| Illative | askareen; askareeseen |
| Adessive | askarella; askareella |
| Ablative | askarelta; askareelta |
| Allative | askarelle; askareelle |
| Essive | askarena; askareena |
| Translative | askareksi; askareeksi |
| Abessive | askaretta; askareetta |
Plural
| Nominative | askaret; askareet |
| Partitive | askaria; askareita |
| Genetive | askarien; askarten; askareiden; askareitten |
| Accusative | askaret; askareet |
| Inessive | askarissa; askareissa |
| Elative | askarista; askareista |
| Illative | askariin; askareisiin; askareihin |
| Adessive | askarilla; askareilla |
| Ablative | askarilta; askareilta |
| Allative | askarille; askareille |
| Essive | askarina; askareina |
| Translative | askariksi; askareiksi |
| Abessive | askaritta; askareitta |
| Instructive | askarin; askarein |
| Comitative | askarine; askareine |
Sample Sentences
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1849 Kalevala, Yhdeskolmatta runo 21:1-4: (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) (There the mistress of Pohjola, / The old wife of Sedgeland waited. / She was busy out-of-doors / Tending to her household chores.)
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1870, Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä: Kahdestoista luku (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola) (Work and toll outdoors were over, and everything was already resting under the snow, but a new labor began in the cabin: toil at the table with the ABC book.)
Etymology
Unknown. Seemingly a derivation with the suffix -re, but the root is unknown, and the word has no known cognates. The word probably originally referred to household tasks as traditionally carried out by women, as such uses are prevalent in traditional dialects.
Nouns inflected like askare
askar,
askare,
askel,
askele,
auer,
autere,
hepene,
huhmar,
huhmare,
kannel,
kantele,
kinner,
kintere,
kyynel,
kyynele,
manner,
mantere,
muren,
murene,
ommel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)