Noun type: 1
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | mara |
| Partitive | maraa |
| Genetive | maran |
| Accusative | maran |
| Inessive | marassa |
| Elative | marasta |
| Illative | maraan |
| Adessive | maralla |
| Ablative | maralta |
| Allative | maralle |
| Essive | marana |
| Translative | maraksi |
| Abessive | maratta |
Plural
| Nominative | marat |
| Partitive | maraja |
| Genetive | marajen |
| Accusative | marat |
| Inessive | maraissa |
| Elative | maraista |
| Illative | maraihin |
| Adessive | marailla |
| Ablative | marailta |
| Allative | maraille |
| Essive | maraina |
| Translative | maraiksi |
| Abessive | maraitta |
| Instructive | marain |
| Comitative | maraine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
Borrowed into Western Finnish dialects from Swedish mara, which is a demon that sits on the chest of a sleeping person and causes bad dreams. This demon is known by similar names among Germanic peoples and lives in English nightmare, in Swedish mardröm (“nightmare”) and in German Nachtmahr (“nightmare”), among others. See: Swedish Nouns '
mara', English Nouns '
nightmare', Swedish Nouns '
mardröm', German Nouns '
Nachtmahr'.
Nouns inflected like mara
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)