From Swedish nalle (“bear”), itself of unknown origin.
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Inflection of nalle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nalle | nallet | |
genitive | nallen | nallejen | |
partitive | nallea | nalleja | |
illative | nalleen | nalleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nalle | nallet | |
accusative | nom. | nalle | nallet |
gen. | nallen | ||
genitive | nallen | nallejen nallein rare | |
partitive | nallea | nalleja | |
inessive | nallessa | nalleissa | |
elative | nallesta | nalleista | |
illative | nalleen | nalleihin | |
adessive | nallella | nalleilla | |
ablative | nallelta | nalleilta | |
allative | nallelle | nalleille | |
essive | nallena | nalleina | |
translative | nalleksi | nalleiksi | |
abessive | nalletta | nalleitta | |
instructive | — | nallein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Unknown. First attested in 1685.[1]
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nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | nalle | nalles |
definite | nallen | nallens | |
plural | indefinite | nallar | nallars |
definite | nallarna | nallarnas |
From Proto-Samic *nālē.
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