Borrowed from Old Swedish pavi, pave (“pope”) (compare modern Swedish påve), from Old Norse páfi, from Old Saxon pābos, pāvos, from Old French pape, from Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa.
paavi
| Inflection of paavi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | paavi | paavit | |
| genitive | paavin | paavien | |
| partitive | paavia | paaveja | |
| illative | paaviin | paaveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paavi | paavit | |
| accusative | nom. | paavi | paavit |
| gen. | paavin | ||
| genitive | paavin | paavien | |
| partitive | paavia | paaveja | |
| inessive | paavissa | paaveissa | |
| elative | paavista | paaveista | |
| illative | paaviin | paaveihin | |
| adessive | paavilla | paaveilla | |
| ablative | paavilta | paaveilta | |
| allative | paaville | paaveille | |
| essive | paavina | paaveina | |
| translative | paaviksi | paaveiksi | |
| abessive | paavitta | paaveitta | |
| instructive | — | paavein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||