Noun type: 7
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | lempi |
| Partitive | lempeä |
| Genetive | lemmen |
| Accusative | lemmen |
| Inessive | lemmessä |
| Elative | lemmestä |
| Illative | lempeen |
| Adessive | lemmellä |
| Ablative | lemmeltä |
| Allative | lemmelle |
| Essive | lempenä |
| Translative | lemmeksi |
| Abessive | lemmettä |
Plural
| Nominative | lemmet |
| Partitive | lempiä |
| Genetive | lempien |
| Accusative | lemmet |
| Inessive | lemmissä |
| Elative | lemmistä |
| Illative | lempiin |
| Adessive | lemmillä |
| Ablative | lemmiltä |
| Allative | lemmille |
| Essive | lempinä |
| Translative | lemmiksi |
| Abessive | lemmittä |
| Instructive | lemmin |
| Comitative | lempine |
Sample Sentences
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lempimusiikki (favourite music)
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lempikirja (favourite book)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lempi, possibly originally meaning "heat, burning". Compare dialectal Estonian lemme (“spark”). Related to lämmin.
Nouns inflected like lempi
alpi,
appi,
arki,
arpi,
haahti,
hanhi,
hanki,
happi,
hapsi,
hauki,
helmi,
helpi,
henki,
hetki,
hiki,
hirvi,
hyttysparvi,
impi,
indigosini,
joki, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)