From Proto-Finnic *laihvo (compare Estonian lõiv, dialectal Finnish laihvo, Ingrian laiho, Karelian laiho, Votic laivo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic (compare Icelandic leiga).
laiho (poetic)
| Inflection of laiho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laiho | laihot | |
| genitive | laihon | laihojen | |
| partitive | laihoa | laihoja | |
| illative | laihoon | laihoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laiho | laihot | |
| accusative | nom. | laiho | laihot |
| gen. | laihon | ||
| genitive | laihon | laihojen | |
| partitive | laihoa | laihoja | |
| inessive | laihossa | laihoissa | |
| elative | laihosta | laihoista | |
| illative | laihoon | laihoihin | |
| adessive | laiholla | laihoilla | |
| ablative | laiholta | laihoilta | |
| allative | laiholle | laihoille | |
| essive | laihona | laihoina | |
| translative | laihoksi | laihoiksi | |
| abessive | laihotta | laihoitta | |
| instructive | — | laihoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||