Adjective: tumma
Declension: 10/koira
Comparison
| Positive | tumma |
| Comparative | tummempi |
| Superlative | tummin |
Positive
Singular
| Nominative | tumma |
| Accusative | tumma; tumman |
| Genetive | tumman |
| Partitive | tummaa |
| Inessive | tummassa |
| Elative | tummasta |
| Illative | tummaan |
| Adessive | tummalla |
| Ablative | tummalta |
| Allative | tummalle |
| Essive | tummana |
| Translative | tummaksi |
| Abessive | tummatta |
Plural
| Nominative | tummat |
| Accusative | tummat |
| Genetive | tummien |
| Partitive | tummia |
| Inessive | tummissa |
| Elative | tummista |
| Illative | tummiin |
| Adessive | tummilla |
| Ablative | tummilta |
| Allative | tummille |
| Essive | tummina |
| Translative | tummiksi |
| Abessive | tummitta |
| Instructive | tummin |
| Comitative | tummine |
Comparative
Singular
| Nominative | tummempi |
| Accusative | tummempi; tummemman |
| Genetive | tummemman |
| Partitive | tummempaa |
| Inessive | tummemmassa |
| Elative | tummemmasta |
| Illative | tummempaan |
| Adessive | tummemmalla |
| Ablative | tummemmalta |
| Allative | tummemmalle |
| Essive | tummempana |
| Translative | tummemmaksi |
| Abessive | tummemmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | tummemmat |
| Accusative | tummemmat |
| Genetive | tummempien |
| Partitive | tummempia |
| Inessive | tummemmissa |
| Elative | tummemmista |
| Illative | tummempiin |
| Adessive | tummemmilla |
| Ablative | tummemmilta |
| Allative | tummemmille |
| Essive | tummempina |
| Translative | tummemmiksi |
| Abessive | tummemmitta |
| Instructive | tummemmin |
| Comitative | tummempine |
Superlative
Singular
| Nominative | tummin |
| Accusative | tummin; tummimman |
| Genetive | tummimman |
| Partitive | tummimpaa |
| Inessive | tummimmassa |
| Elative | tummimmasta |
| Illative | tummimpaan |
| Adessive | tummimmalla |
| Ablative | tummimmalta |
| Allative | tummimmalle |
| Essive | tummimpana |
| Translative | tummimmaksi |
| Abessive | tummimmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | tummimmat |
| Accusative | tummimmat |
| Genetive | tummimpien; tumminten |
| Partitive | tummimpia |
| Inessive | tummimmissa |
| Elative | tummimmista |
| Illative | tummimpiin |
| Adessive | tummimmilla |
| Ablative | tummimmilta |
| Allative | tummimmille |
| Essive | tummimpina |
| Translative | tummimmiksi |
| Abessive | tummimmitta |
| Instructive | tummimmin |
| Comitative | tummimpine |
Sample Sentences
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Hänellä on tumma tukka. (She has dark hair.)
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Minä käytän vain tummia vaatteita. (I only wear dark clothes.)
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Naapurin jätkä seurustelee taas sen tumman tytön kanssa. (The guy next door is dating the dark-haired girl again.)
Adjectives inflected like tumma
pystysuora,
susiruma,
pahoinvoiva,
vaakasuora,
epäsuora,
dorka,
loiva,
luova,
musta,
holja,
hurja,
huima,
norja,
nopsa,
nurja,
nuuka,
nuiva,
tuhma,
tumma,
tuima, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tumma. Cognates include Estonian tõmmu, Estonian tume, Ingrian tumma, Karelian tumma, Võro tummõ and Votic tummõ.
Translations