Noun type: 5
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | laki |
| Partitive | lakia |
| Genetive | lain |
| Accusative | lain |
| Inessive | laissa |
| Elative | laista |
| Illative | lakiin |
| Adessive | lailla |
| Ablative | lailta |
| Allative | laille |
| Essive | lakina |
| Translative | laiksi |
| Abessive | laitta |
Plural
| Nominative | lait |
| Partitive | lakeja |
| Genetive | lakien |
| Accusative | lait |
| Inessive | laeissa |
| Elative | laeista |
| Illative | lakeihin |
| Adessive | laeilla |
| Ablative | laeilta |
| Allative | laeille |
| Essive | lakeina |
| Translative | laeiksi |
| Abessive | laeitta |
| Instructive | laein |
| Comitative | lakeine |
Sample Sentences
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laki metsätuhojen torjunnasta (act on preventing forest damages)
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lain mukaan (by law)
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Hammurabin laki (code of Hammurabi)
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fysiikan lait (laws of physics)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish lagh (compare Swedish lag), from Old Norse lǫg. See: Swedish Nouns '
lag', Old Norse Nouns '
lǫg'.
Verbs referencing "laki"
English Nouns
law.
Nouns inflected like laki
aaprotti,
aari,
aasi,
aatami,
aatelointi,
abatsi,
abessiivi,
abi,
abiturientti,
ablatiivi,
abnormi,
aboriginaali,
abortointi,
abortti,
absessi,
absintti,
absolutismi,
absolutisti,
absoluutti,
absorbointi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)