Noun type: 1
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | ketju |
| Partitive | ketjua |
| Genetive | ketjun |
| Accusative | ketjun |
| Inessive | ketjussa |
| Elative | ketjusta |
| Illative | ketjuun |
| Adessive | ketjulla |
| Ablative | ketjulta |
| Allative | ketjulle |
| Essive | ketjuna |
| Translative | ketjuksi |
| Abessive | ketjutta |
Plural
| Nominative | ketjut |
| Partitive | ketjuja |
| Genetive | ketjujen |
| Accusative | ketjut |
| Inessive | ketjuissa |
| Elative | ketjuista |
| Illative | ketjuihin |
| Adessive | ketjuilla |
| Ablative | ketjuilta |
| Allative | ketjuille |
| Essive | ketjuina |
| Translative | ketjuiksi |
| Abessive | ketjuitta |
| Instructive | ketjuin |
| Comitative | ketjuine |
Sample Sentences
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kultaketju (gold chain)
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autoketju (chain of cars)
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tapahtumaketju (chain of events)
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ravintolaketju (restaurant chain)
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poliisiketju (police cordon)
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish kedja, ultimately from Latin catēna, compare Karelian ket’t’u. See: Swedish Nouns '
kedja', Latin Nouns '
catēna'.
Nouns inflected like ketju
aalto,
aamu,
aasinpotku,
aatelisto,
aatto,
abo,
adagio,
afro,
ahdinko,
ahjo,
aho,
aino,
ainu,
airo,
aironveto,
aito,
aivo,
aivot,
ajatuskatko,
ajo, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)