soomi

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Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *soomi. Cognates include Finnish suomi and Estonian soome.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

soomi

  1. (in the plural) Finns
  2. (in the singular) Finnish language
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri[1], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg:
      No höö soomeks läk[k]äisiit, evät läännehet ko möö paraikaa läkkäämmä.
      Well, they spoke Finnish, they didn't speak like we speak now.

Declension[edit]

Declension of soomi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative soomi soomet
genitive soomen soomiin, soomiloin
partitive soomia soomija, soomiloja
illative soomee soomii, soomiloihe
inessive soomees soomiis, soomilois
elative soomest soomist, soomiloist
allative soomelle soomille, soomiloille
adessive soomeel soomiil, soomiloil
ablative soomelt soomilt, soomiloilt
translative soomeks soomiks, soomiloiks
essive soomenna, soomeen soominna, soomiloinna, soomiin, soomiloin
exessive1) sooment soomint, soomiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 543

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *soomi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsoːmi/, [ˈsoːmʲi]
  • Rhymes: -oːmi
  • Hyphenation: soo‧mi

Noun[edit]

soomi

  1. Finnish (language)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of soomi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative soomi
genitive soomõ
partitive soomia
illative soomõsõ, soomõ
inessive soomõz
elative soomõssõ
allative soomõlõ
adessive soomõllõ
ablative soomõltõ
translative soomõssi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “soomi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn