Finnish 15-Case Table Lookup
Supported traditional15Finnish case-label descriptors, not suffix generation or uniform accusative paradigm. Caller establishes language, dialect, method and reference context; no automatic identity or universal language-wide claim.
Description
Finnish case names identify grammatical forms and their broad functions.
Finnish case names identify grammatical forms and their broad functions.1
A short case table supports terminology but does not choose endings or determine the correct case in a sentence.
When to use Finnish 15-Case Table Lookup
Use this tool to read a bounded explanation for an exact reference topic. Specify the language variety, analysis, source edition and population or inventory definition.
How to use Finnish 15-Case Table Lookup and understand its results
- Specify the language variety, analysis, source edition and population or inventory definition.
- Enter finnishCase, using the field meanings and rules below, then run the tool.
- Read meaning, using the output meanings and calculation rules below.
- Correct any reported input issue and run again. Before using a successful result, check the stated units, signs, reference scope and observation coverage.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| finnishCase | Finnish case | string | Required |
Choose one exact finnishCase token from the table. The implementation looks up the stored value and returns it in the documented output field. Matching is case-sensitive; unrecognized tokens fail. This is an offline bounded reference, not a live catalogue or independent attribution.
| Selection token | Stored value |
|---|---|
| nominative | subject/default citation |
| genitive | possessive and other genitive constructions |
| accusative | total object functions with form distribution context-dependent |
| partitive | partial object and quantity uses |
| inessive | internal location |
| elative | movement from inside |
| illative | movement into |
| adessive | external location |
| ablative | movement from outside/on |
| allative | movement onto/to external location |
| essive | state or role |
| translative | change to state or role |
| instructive | means/manner in restricted uses |
| abessive | absence/without |
| comitative | accompaniment in restricted constructions |
value=referenceTable[exactToken] Use the matching field units and the exact boundary, ordering and reference rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| meaning | Meaning | string |
{
"input": {
"finnishCase": "partitive"
},
"output": {
"meaning": "partial object and quantity uses"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
The language variety, analytical definitions and reference scope are supplied by the caller. No corpus, speech or complete/current linguistic registry is analyzed automatically.
Missing required fields, unknown fields, wrong types and violated rules return input issues. Numeric values and outputs must be finite.
Alternative or Complementary methods
For a related step, use Case System Count By Language Lookup: Grammatical case inventories count categories under a specified language analysis. For a complementary comparison, use Tense-Aspect System By Language Lookup: Tense locates events relative to time, while aspect describes their temporal organization.
References
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Finnish 15-Case Table Lookup — tool.io
Similar or alternative tools
- Case System Count By Language Lookup
Grammatical case inventories count categories under a specified language analysis.
- Tense-Aspect System By Language Lookup
Tense locates events relative to time, while aspect describes their temporal organization.