Noun type: 17
Characteristics
Comparison forms of adjective
harmaa
Singular
| Nominative | harmaa |
| Partitive | harmaata |
| Genetive | harmaan |
| Accusative | harmaan |
| Inessive | harmaassa |
| Elative | harmaasta |
| Illative | harmaaseen |
| Adessive | harmaalla |
| Ablative | harmaalta |
| Allative | harmaalle |
| Essive | harmaana |
| Translative | harmaaksi |
| Abessive | harmaatta |
Plural
| Nominative | harmaat |
| Partitive | harmaita |
| Genetive | harmaiden; harmaitten |
| Accusative | harmaat |
| Inessive | harmaissa |
| Elative | harmaista |
| Illative | harmaisiin |
| Adessive | harmailla |
| Ablative | harmailta |
| Allative | harmaille |
| Essive | harmaina |
| Translative | harmaiksi |
| Abessive | harmaitta |
| Instructive | harmain |
| Comitative | harmaine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *harmaga, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śirˀmas (compare Lithuanian širmas). Erzya шерже (šerže, “hoar, gray hair”) borrowed from the same root.
Nouns inflected like harmaa
ehtoo,
epuu,
haaskuu,
hakkuu,
haloo,
harmaa,
hurraa,
hynttyyt,
kahluu,
kaipuu,
kehruu,
kerjuu,
keruu,
korjuu,
leikkuu,
makuu,
paikkuu,
palttoo,
paluu,
peluu, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)