Noun type: 32
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | haiven |
| Partitive | haiventa |
| Genetive | haivenen |
| Accusative | haivenen |
| Inessive | haivenessa |
| Elative | haivenesta |
| Illative | haiveneen |
| Adessive | haivenella |
| Ablative | haivenelta |
| Allative | haivenelle |
| Essive | haivenena |
| Translative | haiveneksi |
| Abessive | haivenetta |
Plural
| Nominative | haivenet |
| Partitive | haivenia |
| Genetive | haivenien; haiventen |
| Accusative | haivenet |
| Inessive | haivenissa |
| Elative | haivenista |
| Illative | haiveniin |
| Adessive | haivenilla |
| Ablative | haivenilta |
| Allative | haivenille |
| Essive | haivenina |
| Translative | haiveniksi |
| Abessive | haivenitta |
| Instructive | haivenin |
| Comitative | haivenine |
Sample Sentences
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Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia. (The boy's beard did not grow properly yet, only a few white hairs were visible in the chin.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *haiva-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”) (whence e.g. Swedish hö, English hay); modern form and meaning via contamination by haven (“hair”). See: Swedish Nouns '
hö', English Nouns '
hay'.
Nouns inflected like haiven
aallotar,
aamen,
ahven,
espanjatar,
haiven,
haltijatar,
hengetär,
herttuatar,
hiven,
hoitajatar,
huomen,
höyhen,
ien,
japanitar,
johtajatar,
joutsen,
jumalatar,
jäsen,
kaunotar,
kenraalitar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)