Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | santa |
| Partitive | santaa |
| Genetive | sannan |
| Accusative | sannan |
| Inessive | sannassa |
| Elative | sannasta |
| Illative | santaan |
| Adessive | sannalla |
| Ablative | sannalta |
| Allative | sannalle |
| Essive | santana |
| Translative | sannaksi |
| Abessive | sannatta |
Plural
| Nominative | sannat |
| Partitive | santoja |
| Genetive | santojen |
| Accusative | sannat |
| Inessive | sannoissa |
| Elative | sannoista |
| Illative | santoihin |
| Adessive | sannoilla |
| Ablative | sannoilta |
| Allative | sannoille |
| Essive | santoina |
| Translative | sannoiksi |
| Abessive | sannoitta |
| Instructive | sannoin |
| Comitative | santoine |
Sample Sentences
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Poikia on haudattu Balkanin santaan
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Toiselle puolelle Tonavan. ((Our) boys have been buried in Balkan sand
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on the other side of the Danube) [unknown, unknown, “Oi kallis kotimaa”, in "Sotilaspoika", editor, Suomen sotilaan lauluja, 4th edition, Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, published 1933:]
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse sandr, Swedish sand). See: Old Norse Nouns '
sandr', Swedish Nouns '
sand'.
Nouns inflected like santa
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)