From köyhä (“poor”) + -ys. Akin to Finnish köyhyys.
köyhys (uncountable)
| Declension of köyhys (type 2/oikehus, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | köyhys | — |
| genitive | köyhyen | — |
| partitive | köyhyttä | — |
| illative | köyhyee | — |
| inessive | köyhyees | — |
| elative | köyhyest | — |
| allative | köyhyelle | — |
| adessive | köyhyeel | — |
| ablative | köyhyelt | — |
| translative | köyhyeks | — |
| essive | köyhyennä, köyhyeen | — |
| exessive1) | köyhyent | — |
| 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. | ||