Noun type: 33
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | elin |
| Partitive | elintä |
| Genetive | elimen |
| Accusative | elimen |
| Inessive | elimessä |
| Elative | elimestä |
| Illative | elimeen |
| Adessive | elimellä |
| Ablative | elimeltä |
| Allative | elimelle |
| Essive | elimenä |
| Translative | elimeksi |
| Abessive | elimettä |
Plural
| Nominative | elimet |
| Partitive | elimiä |
| Genetive | elimien |
| Accusative | elimet |
| Inessive | elimissä |
| Elative | elimistä |
| Illative | elimiin |
| Adessive | elimillä |
| Ablative | elimiltä |
| Allative | elimille |
| Essive | eliminä |
| Translative | elimiksi |
| Abessive | elimittä |
| Instructive | elimin |
| Comitative | elimine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
elää (“to live”) + -in (instrumental suffix). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.
Nouns inflected like elin
ahdin,
ahrain,
aistin,
ajastin,
alasin,
antimet,
asetin,
askellin,
astin,
asujain,
aterimet,
atrain,
aukaisin,
avain,
avarrin,
avoin,
ehkäisin,
elin,
eläin,
emätin, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)