 | ThisProto-Finnic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
Borrowed fromProto-Norse[script needed](*skarj(ą)), fromProto-Germanic*skarją (whenceOld Norsesker).
*kari
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kari | *karit | |
| accusative | *karin | *karit | |
| genitive | *karin | *karidën *karëjidën | |
| partitive | *karida | *karëjita | |
| inessive | *karissa *karihna | *karëjissa *karëjihna | |
| elative | *karista | *karëjista | |
| illative | *karihën | *karëjisën | |
| adessive | *karilla | *karëjilla | |
| ablative | *karilta | *karëjilta | |
| allative | *karilën *karilëk | *karëjilën *karëjilëk | |
| essive | *karina | *karëjina | |
| translative | *kariksi | *karëjiksi | |
| instructive | *karin | *karëjin | |
| comitative | *karinëk | *karëjinëk | |
| abessive | *karitta | *karëjitta | |