From Proto-Finnic *laiha, of Baltic origin; compare Lithuanian liesas and Latvian liess. Cognate to Finnish laiha.
lahja (genitive lahja, partitive lahjat, comparative lahjem, superlative kõige lahjem)
| Declension of lahja (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lahja | lahjad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | lahja | ||
| genitive | lahjade | ||
| partitive | lahjat | lahjasid | |
| illative | lahjasse | lahjadesse | |
| inessive | lahjas | lahjades | |
| elative | lahjast | lahjadest | |
| allative | lahjale | lahjadele | |
| adessive | lahjal | lahjadel | |
| ablative | lahjalt | lahjadelt | |
| translative | lahjaks | lahjadeks | |
| terminative | lahjani | lahjadeni | |
| essive | lahjana | lahjadena | |
| abessive | lahjata | lahjadeta | |
| comitative | lahjaga | lahjadega | |
From Proto-Finnic *lahja, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛚᚨᚺᛃᛟ (*blahjo), from Proto-Germanic *blahjōn (“sheet, cloth”) (compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”)). Cognates include Votic lahjõ (“wedding gift”) and Ingrian lahja (“gift”).
lahja
| Inflection of lahja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lahja | lahjat | ||
| genitive | lahjan | lahjojen | ||
| partitive | lahjaa | lahjoja | ||
| illative | lahjaan | lahjoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | lahja | lahjat | ||
| accusative | nom. | lahja | lahjat | |
| gen. | lahjan | |||
| genitive | lahjan | lahjojen lahjainrare | ||
| partitive | lahjaa | lahjoja | ||
| inessive | lahjassa | lahjoissa | ||
| elative | lahjasta | lahjoista | ||
| illative | lahjaan | lahjoihin | ||
| adessive | lahjalla | lahjoilla | ||
| ablative | lahjalta | lahjoilta | ||
| allative | lahjalle | lahjoille | ||
| essive | lahjana | lahjoina | ||
| translative | lahjaksi | lahjoiksi | ||
| abessive | lahjatta | lahjoitta | ||
| instructive | — | lahjoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
From Proto-Finnic *lahja. Cognates include Finnish lahja and Veps lahj.
lahja
| Declension of lahja (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lahja | lahjat |
| genitive | lahjan | lahjoin |
| partitive | lahjaa | lahjoja |
| illative | lahjaa | lahjoi |
| inessive | lahjaas | lahjois |
| elative | lahjast | lahjoist |
| allative | lahjalle | lahjoille |
| adessive | lahjaal | lahjoil |
| ablative | lahjalt | lahjoilt |
| translative | lahjaks | lahjoiks |
| essive | lahjanna, lahjaan | lahjoinna, lahjoin |
| exessive1) | lahjant | lahjoint |
| 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. | ||