Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | karja |
| Partitive | karjaa |
| Genetive | karjan |
| Accusative | karjan |
| Inessive | karjassa |
| Elative | karjasta |
| Illative | karjaan |
| Adessive | karjalla |
| Ablative | karjalta |
| Allative | karjalle |
| Essive | karjana |
| Translative | karjaksi |
| Abessive | karjatta |
Plural
| Nominative | karjat |
| Partitive | karjoja |
| Genetive | karjojen |
| Accusative | karjat |
| Inessive | karjoissa |
| Elative | karjoista |
| Illative | karjoihin |
| Adessive | karjoilla |
| Ablative | karjoilta |
| Allative | karjoille |
| Essive | karjoina |
| Translative | karjoiksi |
| Abessive | karjoitta |
| Instructive | karjoin |
| Comitative | karjoine |
Sample Sentences
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Sata teertä yhdessä karjassa. (One hundred grouses in one flock.)
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metsän karja, Tapion karja (the game)
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veden karja (the fish)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *karja (compare Estonian kari, Livonian kōŗa), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) (compare Swedish här (“land army”), German Heer (“army”)). The original sense "army, forces" may survive in Karjala. See: Swedish Nouns '
här', German Nouns '
Heer'.
Nouns inflected like karja
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)