From Proto-Finnic *horma. Has many dialectal variants (e.g. horma, hormu, forsma). The intrusive -s- is unexplained. Also related to Karelian horma, the initial component in Veps hormhein and Estonian vorm (“meadowsweet”).
horsma
Inflection of horsma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | horsma | horsmat | |
genitive | horsman | horsmien | |
partitive | horsmaa | horsmia | |
illative | horsmaan | horsmiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | horsma | horsmat | |
accusative | nom. | horsma | horsmat |
gen. | horsman | ||
genitive | horsman | horsmien horsmain rare | |
partitive | horsmaa | horsmia | |
inessive | horsmassa | horsmissa | |
elative | horsmasta | horsmista | |
illative | horsmaan | horsmiin | |
adessive | horsmalla | horsmilla | |
ablative | horsmalta | horsmilta | |
allative | horsmalle | horsmille | |
essive | horsmana | horsmina | |
translative | horsmaksi | horsmiksi | |
abessive | horsmatta | horsmitta | |
instructive | — | horsmin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |