From Proto-Finnic *siima, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sīmô. Cognate with dialectal Estonian sihm, Ingrian siima, Karelian siima, Livvi siimu, Ludian šiim, Veps siim, sim and Votic siimõ.
siima
| Inflection of siima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | siima | siimat | |
| genitive | siiman | siimojen | |
| partitive | siimaa | siimoja | |
| illative | siimaan | siimoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | siima | siimat | |
| accusative | nom. | siima | siimat |
| gen. | siiman | ||
| genitive | siiman | siimojen siimain rare | |
| partitive | siimaa | siimoja | |
| inessive | siimassa | siimoissa | |
| elative | siimasta | siimoista | |
| illative | siimaan | siimoihin | |
| adessive | siimalla | siimoilla | |
| ablative | siimalta | siimoilta | |
| allative | siimalle | siimoille | |
| essive | siimana | siimoina | |
| translative | siimaksi | siimoiksi | |
| abessive | siimatta | siimoitta | |
| instructive | — | siimoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *siima. Cognates include Finnish siima and dialectal Estonian sihm.
siima
| Declension of siima (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | siima | siimat |
| genitive | siiman | siimoin |
| partitive | siimaa | siimoja |
| illative | siimaa | siimoi |
| inessive | siimaas | siimois |
| elative | siimast | siimoist |
| allative | siimalle | siimoille |
| adessive | siimaal | siimoil |
| ablative | siimalt | siimoilt |
| translative | siimaks | siimoiks |
| essive | siimanna, siimaan | siimoinna, siimoin |
| exessive1) | siimant | siimoint |
| 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. | ||