Borrowed from Old East Slavic *гачѣ (*gačě), from Proto-Slavic *gaťę. Akin to Finnish kaatiot and Estonian kaatsad.
kaatiat (plural only)
| Declension of kaatiat (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | — | kaatiat |
| genitive | — | kaatioin |
| partitive | — | kaatioja |
| illative | — | kaatioihe |
| inessive | — | kaatiois |
| elative | — | kaatioist |
| allative | — | kaatioille |
| adessive | — | kaatioil |
| ablative | — | kaatioilt |
| translative | — | kaatioiks |
| essive | — | kaatioinna, kaatioin |
| exessive1) | — | kaatioint |
| 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. | ||