Noun type: 7
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | hanhi |
| Partitive | hanhea |
| Genetive | hanhen |
| Accusative | hanhen |
| Inessive | hanhessa |
| Elative | hanhesta |
| Illative | hanheen |
| Adessive | hanhella |
| Ablative | hanhelta |
| Allative | hanhelle |
| Essive | hanhena |
| Translative | hanheksi |
| Abessive | hanhetta |
Plural
| Nominative | hanhet |
| Partitive | hanhia |
| Genetive | hanhien |
| Accusative | hanhet |
| Inessive | hanhissa |
| Elative | hanhista |
| Illative | hanhiin |
| Adessive | hanhilla |
| Ablative | hanhilta |
| Allative | hanhille |
| Essive | hanhina |
| Translative | hanhiksi |
| Abessive | hanhitta |
| Instructive | hanhin |
| Comitative | hanhine |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hanhi (compare Estonian hani), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís (compare Lithuanian žąsis). Compare Erzya шенже (šenže, “duck”), which was probably borrowed from the same Balto-Slavic source.
Nouns inflected like hanhi
alpi,
appi,
arki,
arpi,
haahti,
hanhi,
hanki,
happi,
hapsi,
hauki,
helmi,
helpi,
henki,
hetki,
hiki,
hirvi,
hyttysparvi,
impi,
indigosini,
joki, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)