From Proto-Finnic *jämedä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jämä-. Cognates include Livonian jamdõ, Votic and Ingrian jämmiä, dialectal Finnish jämeä, Livvi jämei, Ludian d'ämed and Veps jämed.
jäme (genitive jämeda, partitive jämedat, comparative jämedam, superlative kõige jämedam or jämedaim)
| Declension of jäme (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jäme | jämedad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | jämeda | ||
| genitive | jämedate | ||
| partitive | jämedat | jämedaid | |
| illative | jämedasse | jämedatesse jämedaisse | |
| inessive | jämedas | jämedates jämedais | |
| elative | jämedast | jämedatest jämedaist | |
| allative | jämedale | jämedatele jämedaile | |
| adessive | jämedal | jämedatel jämedail | |
| ablative | jämedalt | jämedatelt jämedailt | |
| translative | jämedaks | jämedateks jämedaiks | |
| terminative | jämedani | jämedateni | |
| essive | jämedana | jämedatena | |
| abessive | jämedata | jämedateta | |
| comitative | jämedaga | jämedatega | |