【芬兰语语法】§20.7 ASKEL NOMINALS

 There are a few dozen nominals ending in a consonant which form another

small sub-group. The two final sounds of the basic form are generally -el or -

en. The partitive singular is made from the basic form. The inflectional stem

adds an -e- (which is dropped before the plural -i-).

Most of the words inflected like avain ‘key’ are derived with the ending

-in (cf. §93.1). The stem alternates between -in- and -ime-, and the

partitive singular is made from the basic form.

54 Finnish: An Essential Grammar

Inflectional stem followed by:

Basic Partitive Case Plural Possessive

form singular (except suffix

part. sing.)

askel step askel/ta askele/n askel/i/ssa askele/ni

sävel tune sävel/tä sävele/n sävel/i/ssä sävele/ni

jäsen member jäsen/tä jäsene/n jäsen/i/ssä jäsene/ni