meri (“sea”) + lahna (“bream”)
merilahna
The common names for fish are often confusing and merilahna (lit. "sea bream") is a good example of that. The English term sea bream is used primarily of fish in the family Sparidae, which are hammasahven (lit. "tooth-perch") in Finnish, but also of fish in family Bramidae, also known as pomfrets in English and pomfretti in Finnish.
| Inflection of merilahna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | merilahna | merilahnat | |
| genitive | merilahnan | merilahnojen | |
| partitive | merilahnaa | merilahnoja | |
| illative | merilahnaan | merilahnoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | merilahna | merilahnat | |
| accusative | nom. | merilahna | merilahnat |
| gen. | merilahnan | ||
| genitive | merilahnan | merilahnojen merilahnain rare | |
| partitive | merilahnaa | merilahnoja | |
| inessive | merilahnassa | merilahnoissa | |
| elative | merilahnasta | merilahnoista | |
| illative | merilahnaan | merilahnoihin | |
| adessive | merilahnalla | merilahnoilla | |
| ablative | merilahnalta | merilahnoilta | |
| allative | merilahnalle | merilahnoille | |
| essive | merilahnana | merilahnoina | |
| translative | merilahnaksi | merilahnoiksi | |
| abessive | merilahnatta | merilahnoitta | |
| instructive | — | merilahnoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||