Noun type: 12
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | lainasana |
| Partitive | lainasanaa |
| Genetive | lainasanan |
| Accusative | lainasanan |
| Inessive | lainasanassa |
| Elative | lainasanasta |
| Illative | lainasanaan |
| Adessive | lainasanalla |
| Ablative | lainasanalta |
| Allative | lainasanalle |
| Essive | lainasanana |
| Translative | lainasanaksi |
| Abessive | lainasanatta |
Plural
| Nominative | lainasanat |
| Partitive | lainasanoita |
| Genetive | lainasanoiden; lainasanoitten |
| Accusative | lainasanat |
| Inessive | lainasanoissa |
| Elative | lainasanoista |
| Illative | lainasanoihin |
| Adessive | lainasanoilla |
| Ablative | lainasanoilta |
| Allative | lainasanoille |
| Essive | lainasanoina |
| Translative | lainasanoiksi |
| Abessive | lainasanoitta |
| Instructive | lainasanain |
| Comitative | lainasanaine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
laina (“loan”) + sana (“word”), probably a calque of German Lehnwort. Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1820. See: German Nouns '
Lehnwort'.
Nouns inflected like lainasana
aaria,
aerobiologia,
afasia,
agorafobia,
agronomia,
ahdistelija,
ahnehtija,
ajattelija,
akana,
akasia,
akatemia,
akkuna,
akrobatia,
albania,
alkemia,
allegoria,
allergia,
aloittelija,
ambiofonia,
ambrosia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)