Noun type: 5
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kantti |
| Partitive | kanttia |
| Genetive | kantin |
| Accusative | kantin |
| Inessive | kantissa |
| Elative | kantista |
| Illative | kanttiin |
| Adessive | kantilla |
| Ablative | kantilta |
| Allative | kantille |
| Essive | kanttina |
| Translative | kantiksi |
| Abessive | kantitta |
Plural
| Nominative | kantit |
| Partitive | kantteja |
| Genetive | kanttien |
| Accusative | kantit |
| Inessive | kanteissa |
| Elative | kanteista |
| Illative | kantteihin |
| Adessive | kanteilla |
| Ablative | kanteilta |
| Allative | kanteille |
| Essive | kantteina |
| Translative | kanteiksi |
| Abessive | kanteitta |
| Instructive | kantein |
| Comitative | kantteine |
Sample Sentences
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Kestääkö kantti? (You are not going to give up, are you?)
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Harvalla meistä on kanttia tehdä se. (Few of us have the guts to do it.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish kant (“edge”). See: Swedish Nouns '
kant'.
Nouns inflected like kantti
aaprotti,
aari,
aasi,
aatami,
aatelointi,
abatsi,
abessiivi,
abi,
abiturientti,
ablatiivi,
abnormi,
aboriginaali,
abortointi,
abortti,
absessi,
absintti,
absolutismi,
absolutisti,
absoluutti,
absorbointi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)