jalka (genitivejalka,partitivejalkat)
| Declension ofjalka (ÕS type16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jalka | jalkad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | jalka | ||
| genitive | jalkade | ||
| partitive | jalkat | jalkasid | |
| illative | jalkasse | jalkadesse | |
| inessive | jalkas | jalkades | |
| elative | jalkast | jalkadest | |
| allative | jalkale | jalkadele | |
| adessive | jalkal | jalkadel | |
| ablative | jalkalt | jalkadelt | |
| translative | jalkaks | jalkadeks | |
| terminative | jalkani | jalkadeni | |
| essive | jalkana | jalkadena | |
| abessive | jalkata | jalkadeta | |
| comitative | jalkaga | jalkadega | |

FromProto-Finnic*jalka, fromProto-Finno-Ugric*jalka.[1] Cognate withEstonianjalg,Livonianjālga,Hungariangyalog(“on foot”),Erzyaялго(jalgo,“on foot”) andялга(jalga,“friend”).
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jalka
jalka refers variously to the leg, foot or both. If context is required (such as in anatomy),jalkaterä is used for "foot" andjalka (or less commonlyjalkavarsi) for "leg".
Unlike with most other nouns, an instructive singular form exists.
| Inflection ofjalka (Kotus type 9*D/kala,k-∅ gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jalka | jalat | |
| genitive | jalan | jalkojen | |
| partitive | jalkaa | jalkoja | |
| illative | jalkaan | jalkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jalka | jalat | |
| accusative | nom. | jalka | jalat |
| gen. | jalan | ||
| genitive | jalan | jalkojen jalkainrare | |
| partitive | jalkaa | jalkoja | |
| inessive | jalassa | jaloissa | |
| elative | jalasta | jaloista | |
| illative | jalkaan | jalkoihin | |
| adessive | jalalla | jaloilla | |
| ablative | jalalta | jaloilta | |
| allative | jalalle | jaloille | |
| essive | jalkana | jalkoina | |
| translative | jalaksi | jaloiksi | |
| abessive | jalatta | jaloitta | |
| instructive | jalan | jaloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||

FromProto-Finnic*jalka, fromProto-Uralic*jalka. Cognates includeFinnishjalka andEstonianjalg.
jalka
| Declension ofjalka (type 3/kana, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jalka | jalat |
| genitive | jalan | jalkoin |
| partitive | jalkaa | jalkoja |
| illative | jalkaa | jalkoi |
| inessive | jalas | jalois |
| elative | jalast | jaloist |
| allative | jalalle | jaloille |
| adessive | jalal | jaloil |
| ablative | jalalt | jaloilt |
| translative | jalaks | jaloiks |
| essive | jalkanna,jalkaan | jalkoinna,jalkoin |
| exessive1) | jalkant | jalkoint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
| (part) | 500 | 1⁄3 | ≈1⁄3 | 2⁄9 | 1⁄7 | 1⁄12 | 1⁄21 | 1⁄84 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| native name | versta | syli | arššina | harkkamus | kyynärä | jalka | vaaksa | käsi | djuima |
| SI equivalent | 1.07 km. | 2.13 m. | 71.1 cm. | 71.0 cm | 47.4 cm. | 30.5 cm. | 17.8 cm. | 10.2 cm. | 2.54 cm. |
| North Karelian (Viena) | jalka |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | jalga |
FromProto-Finnic*jalka. Cognates includeFinnishjalka andEstonianjalg.
jalka (genitivejalan,partitivejalkua)
| Viena Karelian declension of jalka (type 4/kala, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jalka | jalat | |
| genitive | jalan | jalkojen | |
| partitive | jalkua | jalkoja | |
| illative | jalkah | jalkoih | |
| inessive | jalašša | jaloissa | |
| elative | jalašta | jaloista | |
| adessive | jalalla | jaloilla | |
| ablative | jalalta | jaloilta | |
| translative | jalakši | jaloiksi | |
| essive | jalkana | jalkoina | |
| comitative | — | jaloineh | |
| abessive | jalatta | jaloitta | |
| Possessive forms ofjalka | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | jalkani | |
| 2nd person | jalkaš | |
| 3rd person | jalkah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivised clauses. | ||