Adjective: harmaa
Declension: 17/vapaa
Comparison
| Positive | harmaa |
| Comparative | harmaampi |
| Superlative | harmain |
Positive
Singular
| Nominative | harmaa |
| Accusative | harmaa; harmaan |
| Genetive | harmaan |
| Partitive | harmaata |
| Inessive | harmaassa |
| Elative | harmaasta |
| Illative | harmaaseen |
| Adessive | harmaalla |
| Ablative | harmaalta |
| Allative | harmaalle |
| Essive | harmaana |
| Translative | harmaaksi |
| Abessive | harmaatta |
Plural
| Nominative | harmaat |
| Accusative | harmaat |
| Genetive | harmaiden; harmaitten |
| Partitive | harmaita |
| Inessive | harmaissa |
| Elative | harmaista |
| Illative | harmaisiin |
| Adessive | harmailla |
| Ablative | harmailta |
| Allative | harmaille |
| Essive | harmaina |
| Translative | harmaiksi |
| Abessive | harmaitta |
| Instructive | harmain |
| Comitative | harmaine |
Comparative
Singular
| Nominative | harmaampi |
| Accusative | harmaampi; harmaamman |
| Genetive | harmaamman |
| Partitive | harmaampaa |
| Inessive | harmaammassa |
| Elative | harmaammasta |
| Illative | harmaampaan |
| Adessive | harmaammalla |
| Ablative | harmaammalta |
| Allative | harmaammalle |
| Essive | harmaampana |
| Translative | harmaammaksi |
| Abessive | harmaammatta |
Plural
| Nominative | harmaammat |
| Accusative | harmaammat |
| Genetive | harmaampien |
| Partitive | harmaampia |
| Inessive | harmaammissa |
| Elative | harmaammista |
| Illative | harmaampiin |
| Adessive | harmaammilla |
| Ablative | harmaammilta |
| Allative | harmaammille |
| Essive | harmaampina |
| Translative | harmaammiksi |
| Abessive | harmaammitta |
| Instructive | harmaammin |
| Comitative | harmaampine |
Superlative
Singular
| Nominative | harmain |
| Accusative | harmain; harmaimman |
| Genetive | harmaimman |
| Partitive | harmaimpaa |
| Inessive | harmaimmassa |
| Elative | harmaimmasta |
| Illative | harmaimpaan |
| Adessive | harmaimmalla |
| Ablative | harmaimmalta |
| Allative | harmaimmalle |
| Essive | harmaimpana |
| Translative | harmaimmaksi |
| Abessive | harmaimmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | harmaimmat |
| Accusative | harmaimmat |
| Genetive | harmaimpien; harmainten |
| Partitive | harmaimpia |
| Inessive | harmaimmissa |
| Elative | harmaimmista |
| Illative | harmaimpiin |
| Adessive | harmaimmilla |
| Ablative | harmaimmilta |
| Allative | harmaimmille |
| Essive | harmaimpina |
| Translative | harmaimmiksi |
| Abessive | harmaimmitta |
| Instructive | harmaimmin |
| Comitative | harmaimpine |
Sample Sentences
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harmaa alue (grey area)
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harmaa talous (shadow economy, economic activity "off the books")
Adjectives inflected like harmaa
savunharmaa,
huoltovapaa,
vaaleanharmaa,
epävakaa,
epävapaa,
kaurapuuronharmaa,
verovapaa,
ruskeanharmaa,
vihreänharmaa,
tummanharmaa,
vapaa,
vajaa,
vakaa,
hopeanharmaa,
älyvapaa,
tuhkanharmaa,
harmaa,
suuntavakaa,
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *harmaga, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śirˀmas (compare Lithuanian širmas). Erzya шерже (šerže, “hoar, gray hair”) borrowed from the same root.
Translations