sormi
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Sormi.
Sormi.
See also: sõrmi
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sorme. Cognates include Estonian sõrm, Northern Sami suorbma, Erzya сур (sur).
Pronunciation
Noun
sormi
- (anatomy) finger (one of the five extremities of the hand)
- Ihmiskädessä on viisi sormea: peukalo, etusormi, keskisormi, nimetön ja pikkusormi.
- The human hand has five fingers: the thumb, the forefinger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.
- finger (extremity of an animal's forelimb, which resembles human finger)
- finger (any object which resembles a finger, such as a part of a mechanical device)
Declension
| Inflection of sormi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sormi | sormet | |
| genitive | sormen | sormien | |
| partitive | sormea | sormia | |
| illative | sormeen | sormiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sormi | sormet | |
| accusative | nom. | sormi | sormet |
| gen. | sormen | ||
| genitive | sormen | sormien | |
| partitive | sormea | sormia | |
| inessive | sormessa | sormissa | |
| elative | sormesta | sormista | |
| illative | sormeen | sormiin | |
| adessive | sormella | sormilla | |
| ablative | sormelta | sormilta | |
| allative | sormelle | sormille | |
| essive | sormena | sormina | |
| translative | sormeksi | sormiksi | |
| abessive | sormetta | sormitta | |
| instructive | — | sormin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- etusormi
- keskisormi
- kultasormi
- kylmäsormi
- kymmensormijärjestelmä
- liipaisinsormi
- nakkisormi
- napsusormi
- nelisormimangusti
- näppäräsorminen
- pikkusormi
- rumpupalikkasormi
- sakarisormi
- sormenjälki
- sormenkynsi
- sormenkärki
- sormenleveys
- sormenpää
- sormiaakkonen
- sormieläin
- sormihaarainen
- sormihalkoinen
- sormiharjoitus
- sormihirssi
- sormihyrrä
- sormijakoinen
- sormijatkos
- sormijärjestys
- sormikihara
- sormikoukku
- sormilauta
- sormilehdykkäinen
- sormileikki
- sormilihas
- sormiliitos
- sormiliuskainen
- sormilovi
- sormiluu
- sormilyönti
- sormimerkki
- sormi-nenänpääkoe
- sorminivel
- sorminukke
- sorminäppäryys
- sormiortoosi
- sormiosainen
- sormipaneeli
- sormiparisto
- sormiporkkana
- sormipyörä
- sormiruoka
- sormiruokailu
- sormiruuvi
- sormisara
- sormiskeittaus
- sormiskeitti
- sormiskeittilauta
- sormisukaattisitruuna
- sormisuojain
- sormisuola
- sormisyötävä
- sormisääntö
- sormitietokone
- sormitiukka
- sormituntuma
- sormiväli
- sormiväri
- taikasormi
- vasarasormi
- yhdyssorminen
- yhdyssormisuus
Further reading
- “sormi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sormi. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsormi/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsormi/,
- Rhymes: -ormʲ, -ormi
- Hyphenation: sor‧mi
Noun
sormi
Declension
| Declension of sormi (type 5/lehti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sormi | sormet |
| genitive | sormen | sormiin, sormiloin |
| partitive | sormia | sormija, sormiloja |
| illative | sormee | sormii, sormiloihe |
| inessive | sormees | sormiis, sormilois |
| elative | sormest | sormist, sormiloist |
| allative | sormelle | sormille, sormiloille |
| adessive | sormeel | sormiil, sormiloil |
| ablative | sormelt | sormilt, sormiloilt |
| translative | sormeks | sormiks, sormiloiks |
| essive | sormenna, sormeen | sorminna, sormiloinna, sormiin, sormiloin |
| exessive1) | sorment | sormint, sormiloint |
| 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
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 540
Karelian
Noun
sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormie)
References
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “sormi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sormi. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.
Pronunciation
Noun
sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormie)
Declension
| Declension of sormi (Type 13/nogi, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sormi | sormet |
| genitive | sormen | sormiin, sormiloin |
| partitive | sormie | sormii, sormiloi |
| illative | sormeh | sormiih, sormiloih |
| inessive | sormes | sormiis, sormilois |
| elative | sormespäi | sormiispäi, sormiloispäi |
| allative | sormele | sormiile, sormiloile |
| adessive | sormel | sormiil, sormiloil |
| ablative | sormelpäi | sormiilpäi, sormiloilpäi |
| translative | sormekse | sormiikse, sormiloikse |
| essive | sormennu | sormiinnu, sormiloinnu |
| abessive | sormettah | sormiittah, sormiloittah |
| comitative | sormenke | sormiinke, sormiloinke |
| instructive | sormiin, sormiloin | |
| prolative | sormeči | |
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “sormi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN