Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | helma |
| Partitive | helmaa |
| Genetive | helman |
| Accusative | helman |
| Inessive | helmassa |
| Elative | helmasta |
| Illative | helmaan |
| Adessive | helmalla |
| Ablative | helmalta |
| Allative | helmalle |
| Essive | helmana |
| Translative | helmaksi |
| Abessive | helmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | helmat |
| Partitive | helmoja |
| Genetive | helmojen |
| Accusative | helmat |
| Inessive | helmoissa |
| Elative | helmoista |
| Illative | helmoihin |
| Adessive | helmoilla |
| Ablative | helmoilta |
| Allative | helmoille |
| Essive | helmoina |
| Translative | helmoiksi |
| Abessive | helmoitta |
| Instructive | helmoin |
| Comitative | helmoine |
Sample Sentences
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luonnon helmassa (in nature, in the outdoors)
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äitinsä helmoissa (cared for by his mother / living with his mother)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hëlma (compare Estonian hõlm), possibly borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”) (compare Old English helm (“helmet, protection, covering”)). See: Old English Nouns '
helm'.
Nouns inflected like helma
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)