šormi

Karelian

Regional variants of šormi
North Karelian
(Viena) 		šormi
South Karelian
(Tver) 		šormi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃormi/
  • Hyphenation: šor‧mi

Noun

šormi (genitive šormen, partitive šormie)

  1. finger

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šormi (type 3/ovi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šormi šormet
genitive šormen šormien
partitive šormie šormija
illative šormeh šormiloih
inessive šormešša šormiloissa
elative šormešta šormiloista
adessive šormella šormiloilla
ablative šormelta šormiloilta
translative šormekši šormiloiksi
essive šormena šormiloina
comitative — šormiloineh
abessive šormetta šormiloitta
prolative — šormiloičči
instructive — šormiloin
Tver Karelian declension of šormi (type 3/ovi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šormi šormet
genitive šormen šormiloin
partitive šormie šormiloida
illative šormeh šormiloih
inessive šormešša šormiloissa
elative šormešta šormiloista
adessive šormella šormiloilla
ablative šormelda šormiloilda
translative šormekši šormiloiksi
essive šormena šormiloina
comitative šormenke šormiloinke
abessive šormetta šormiloitta
prolative šormečči šormiloičči
instructive — šormiloin
Possessive forms of šormi
1st person šormeni
2nd person šormeš
3rd person šormeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “šormi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “палец”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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