| North Karelian (Viena) |
šuomi |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
šuomi |
From Proto-Finnic *soomi. Cognates include Finnish suomi and Estonian soome.
The term probably disappeared in Tver Karelian at some point, being replaced by ruočči, but was reintroduced somewhere in the twentieth century.
šuomi (genitive šuomen, partitive šuomie)
| Viena Karelian declension of šuomi (type 3/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | šuomi | šuomet | |
| genitive | šuomen | šuomien | |
| partitive | šuomie | šuomija | |
| illative | šuomih | šuomiloih | |
| inessive | šuomešša | šuomiloissa | |
| elative | šuomešta | šuomiloista | |
| adessive | šuomella | šuomiloilla | |
| ablative | šuomelta | šuomiloilta | |
| translative | šuomekši | šuomiloiksi | |
| essive | šuomina | šuomiloina | |
| comitative | — | šuomiloineh | |
| abessive | šuometta | šuomiloitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of šuomi (type 3/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | šuomi | šuomet | |
| genitive | šuomen | šuomiloin | |
| partitive | šuomie | šuomiloida | |
| illative | šuomih | šuomiloih | |
| inessive | šuomešša | šuomiloissa | |
| elative | šuomešta | šuomiloista | |
| adessive | šuomella | šuomiloilla | |
| ablative | šuomelda | šuomiloilda | |
| translative | šuomekši | šuomiloiksi | |
| essive | šuomina | šuomiloina | |
| comitative | šuomenke | šuomiloinke | |
| abessive | šuometta | šuomiloitta | |
| Possessive forms of šuomi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | šuomeni | |
| 2nd person | šuomeš | |
| 3rd person | šuomeh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||