Noun type: 7
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | henki |
| Partitive | henkeä |
| Genetive | hengen |
| Accusative | hengen |
| Inessive | hengessä |
| Elative | hengestä |
| Illative | henkeen |
| Adessive | hengellä |
| Ablative | hengeltä |
| Allative | hengelle |
| Essive | henkenä |
| Translative | hengeksi |
| Abessive | hengettä |
Plural
| Nominative | henget |
| Partitive | henkiä |
| Genetive | henkien |
| Accusative | henget |
| Inessive | hengissä |
| Elative | hengistä |
| Illative | henkiin |
| Adessive | hengillä |
| Ablative | hengiltä |
| Allative | hengille |
| Essive | henkinä |
| Translative | hengiksi |
| Abessive | hengittä |
| Instructive | hengin |
| Comitative | henkine |
Sample Sentences
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saada henkeä (to be able to breathe)
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Henkesi haisee. (Your breath stinks.)
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Near-synonym: elämä (general)
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jäädä henkiin (to stay alive, to survive)
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Henkesi on vaarassa. (Your life is in danger.)
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Viisi ihmistä menetti henkensä onnettomuudessa. (Five people were killed in the accident.)
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neljän hengen hytti (a cabin for four (persons))
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Pyhä Henki (The Holy Ghost)
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ajan henki (the spirit of the age, Zeitgeist)
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pullon henki (the genie of the bottle)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *henki (“breath; soul, life force”).
Nouns inflected like henki
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)