From Proto-Finnic *tarna, ultimately a borrowing from Indo-Iranian (and a distant cognate with English thorn).
taarna
| Inflection of taarna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taarna | taarnat | ||
| genitive | taarnan | taarnojen | ||
| partitive | taarnaa | taarnoja | ||
| illative | taarnaan | taarnoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | taarna | taarnat | ||
| accusative | nom. | taarna | taarnat | |
| gen. | taarnan | |||
| genitive | taarnan | taarnojen taarnainrare | ||
| partitive | taarnaa | taarnoja | ||
| inessive | taarnassa | taarnoissa | ||
| elative | taarnasta | taarnoista | ||
| illative | taarnaan | taarnoihin | ||
| adessive | taarnalla | taarnoilla | ||
| ablative | taarnalta | taarnoilta | ||
| allative | taarnalle | taarnoille | ||
| essive | taarnana | taarnoina | ||
| translative | taarnaksi | taarnoiksi | ||
| abessive | taarnatta | taarnoitta | ||
| instructive | — | taarnoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||