Noun type: 27
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kausi |
| Partitive | kautta |
| Genetive | kauden |
| Accusative | kauden |
| Inessive | kaudessa |
| Elative | kaudesta |
| Illative | kauteen |
| Adessive | kaudella |
| Ablative | kaudelta |
| Allative | kaudelle |
| Essive | kautena |
| Translative | kaudeksi |
| Abessive | kaudetta |
Plural
| Nominative | kaudet |
| Partitive | kausia |
| Genetive | kausien |
| Accusative | kaudet |
| Inessive | kausissa |
| Elative | kausista |
| Illative | kausiin |
| Adessive | kausilla |
| Ablative | kausilta |
| Allative | kausille |
| Essive | kausina |
| Translative | kausiksi |
| Abessive | kausitta |
| Instructive | kausin |
| Comitative | kausine |
Sample Sentences
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Hänet valittiin yksimielisesti toiselle kaudelle. (He was unanimously elected for the second term.)
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kausityöttömyys (seasonal unemployment)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kauci. Related to Proto-Samic *kuovtë (“central?”) (Northern Sami guovda). The modern meaning is a re-extraction from compounds such as kuukausi and vuorokausi.
Nouns inflected like kausi
heisi,
hiisi,
hopeakuusi,
kausi,
kuukausi,
käsi,
köysi,
liesi,
marraskesi,
mesi,
niisi,
orvaskesi,
paasi,
reisi,
susi,
sysi,
tosi,
täysi,
uusi,
vesi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)