From haara (“branch”) + -in. Akin to Finnish haarainen.
haarain (comparative haaraisemp)
| Declension of haarain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | haarain | haaraiset |
| genitive | haaraisen | haaraisiin |
| partitive | haaraista, haaraist | haaraisia |
| illative | haaraisee | haaraisii |
| inessive | haaraisees | haaraisiis |
| elative | haaraisest | haaraisist |
| allative | haaraiselle | haaraisille |
| adessive | haaraiseel | haaraisiil |
| ablative | haaraiselt | haaraisilt |
| translative | haaraiseks | haaraisiks |
| essive | haaraisenna, haaraiseen | haaraisinna, haaraisiin |
| exessive1) | haaraisent | haaraisint |
| 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. | ||