Noun type: 7
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | helmi |
| Partitive | helmeä |
| Genetive | helmen |
| Accusative | helmen |
| Inessive | helmessä |
| Elative | helmestä |
| Illative | helmeen |
| Adessive | helmellä |
| Ablative | helmeltä |
| Allative | helmelle |
| Essive | helmenä |
| Translative | helmeksi |
| Abessive | helmettä |
Plural
| Nominative | helmet |
| Partitive | helmiä |
| Genetive | helmien |
| Accusative | helmet |
| Inessive | helmissä |
| Elative | helmistä |
| Illative | helmiin |
| Adessive | helmillä |
| Ablative | helmiltä |
| Allative | helmille |
| Essive | helminä |
| Translative | helmiksi |
| Abessive | helmittä |
| Instructive | helmin |
| Comitative | helmine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *helmi, which may be a substrate word.
Nouns inflected like helmi
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)