soomi

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsoːmi/, [ˈs̠oːmʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsoːmi/, [ˈʃo̝ːmi]
  • Rhymes: -oːmʲ, -oːmi
  • Hyphenation: soo‧mi

Noun

soomi

  1. (in the plural) Finns
  2. (in the singular) Finnish language
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, 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
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

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

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soomi.

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

Noun

soomi

  1. Finnish (language)

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