From Proto-Finnic *apaja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ or Proto-Norse (*abjō).[1] Cognates include dialectal Swedish ävja.
apaja
| Inflection of apaja (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apaja | apajat | |
| genitive | apajan | apajien apajoiden apajoitten | |
| partitive | apajaa | apajia apajoita | |
| illative | apajaan | apajiin apajoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | apaja | apajat | |
| accusative | nom. | apaja | apajat |
| gen. | apajan | ||
| genitive | apajan | apajien apajoiden apajoitten apajojen rare apajain rare | |
| partitive | apajaa | apajia apajoita apajoja rare | |
| inessive | apajassa | apajoissa apajissa | |
| elative | apajasta | apajoista apajista | |
| illative | apajaan | apajiin apajoihin | |
| adessive | apajalla | apajoilla apajilla | |
| ablative | apajalta | apajoilta apajilta | |
| allative | apajalle | apajoille apajille | |
| essive | apajana | apajoina apajina | |
| translative | apajaksi | apajoiksi apajiksi | |
| abessive | apajatta | apajoitta apajitta | |
| instructive | — | apajoin apajin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *apaja. Cognates include Finnish apaja and Estonian abajas.
apaja
| Declension of apaja (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | apaja | apajat |
| genitive | apajan | apajoin |
| partitive | apajaa | apajoja |
| illative | apajaa | apajoihe |
| inessive | apajaas | apajois |
| elative | apajast | apajoist |
| allative | apajalle | apajoille |
| adessive | apajaal | apajoil |
| ablative | apajalt | apajoilt |
| translative | apajaks | apajoiks |
| essive | apajanna, apajaan | apajoinna, apajoin |
| exessive1) | apajant | apajoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
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