hieroja (“masseur”) + -tar (“-ess”)
In Finnish the terminology tends to be gender-neutral. Accordingly, hieroja (“masseur”) is normally used to refer to both masseurs and masseuses.
| Inflection of hierojatar (Kotus type 32*C/sisar, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hierojatar | hierojattaret | |
| genitive | hierojattaren | hierojattarien hierojatarten | |
| partitive | hierojatarta | hierojattaria | |
| illative | hierojattareen | hierojattariin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hierojatar | hierojattaret | |
| accusative | nom. | hierojatar | hierojattaret |
| gen. | hierojattaren | ||
| genitive | hierojattaren | hierojattarien hierojatarten | |
| partitive | hierojatarta | hierojattaria | |
| inessive | hierojattaressa | hierojattarissa | |
| elative | hierojattaresta | hierojattarista | |
| illative | hierojattareen | hierojattariin | |
| adessive | hierojattarella | hierojattarilla | |
| ablative | hierojattarelta | hierojattarilta | |
| allative | hierojattarelle | hierojattarille | |
| essive | hierojattarena | hierojattarina | |
| translative | hierojattareksi | hierojattariksi | |
| abessive | hierojattaretta | hierojattaritta | |
| instructive | — | hierojattarin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||