Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | valta |
| Partitive | valtaa |
| Genetive | vallan |
| Accusative | vallan |
| Inessive | vallassa |
| Elative | vallasta |
| Illative | valtaan |
| Adessive | vallalla |
| Ablative | vallalta |
| Allative | vallalle |
| Essive | valtana |
| Translative | vallaksi |
| Abessive | vallatta |
Plural
| Nominative | vallat |
| Partitive | valtoja |
| Genetive | valtojen |
| Accusative | vallat |
| Inessive | valloissa |
| Elative | valloista |
| Illative | valtoihin |
| Adessive | valloilla |
| Ablative | valloilta |
| Allative | valloille |
| Essive | valtoina |
| Translative | valloiksi |
| Abessive | valloitta |
| Instructive | valloin |
| Comitative | valtoine |
Sample Sentences
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veden vallassa (flooded, covered in water)
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valta tuo vastuuta (with power comes responsibility)
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Minulla on valta tehdä niin. (I have the authority to do so.)
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(Missä on se valta, joka puuttuu kansalta?) ((Where is all that power that the people don't have?)) [1990, “Vihtaasi On Kustu”, in Heikki Salomaa, Timo Eränkö (lyrics), Pekka Hedkrok (music), Tähdet Kertovat, performed by Lapinlahden Linnut:]
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Yhdysvallat (United States)
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Hän vakoili vieraan vallan hyväksi. (He spied for a foreign power.)
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taivaan vallat (good heavens)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *valta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“might, power, authority”) or Proto-Norse [script needed] (*walda-) (compare Swedish våld, German Gewalt, Dutch geweld, Icelandic vald). First attested in 1215 (in the surname Kaikewalde). See: Swedish Nouns '
våld', German Nouns '
Gewalt', Dutch Nouns '
geweld', Icelandic Nouns '
vald'.
Nouns inflected like valta
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)