Noun type: 28
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | varsi |
| Partitive | vartta |
| Genetive | varren |
| Accusative | varren |
| Inessive | varressa |
| Elative | varresta |
| Illative | varteen |
| Adessive | varrella |
| Ablative | varrelta |
| Allative | varrelle |
| Essive | vartena |
| Translative | varreksi |
| Abessive | varretta |
Plural
| Nominative | varret |
| Partitive | varsia |
| Genetive | varsien |
| Accusative | varret |
| Inessive | varsissa |
| Elative | varsista |
| Illative | varsiin |
| Adessive | varsilla |
| Ablative | varsilta |
| Allative | varsille |
| Essive | varsina |
| Translative | varsiksi |
| Abessive | varsitta |
| Instructive | varsin |
| Comitative | varsine |
Sample Sentences
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käsivarsi (arm)
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voiman varsi (effort arm / lever arm)
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kuorman varsi (load arm)
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matkan varrella (along the road, along the way, en route)
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pitkän elämäni varrella (during my long life)
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vuosien varrella (in the course of many years)
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tienvarsi (side of the road)
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joenvarsi (side of the river)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varci (compare Estonian vars), probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *warte (compare Eastern Mari вурдо (vurdo)).
Nouns inflected like varsi
hirsi,
jälsi,
kansi,
karsi,
kirsi,
korsi,
kynsi,
länsi,
orsi,
parsi,
ponsi,
pursi,
varsi,
virsi,