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	šormih	šormiloih
inessive	šormešša	šormiloissa
elative	šormešta	šormiloista
adessive	šormella	šormiloilla
ablative	šormelta	šormiloilta
translative	šormekši	šormiloiksi
essive	šormina	šormiloina
comitative	—	šormiloineh
abessive	šormetta	šormiloitta

Tver Karelian declension of šormi (type 3/ovi, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šormi	šormet
genitive	šormen	šormiloin
partitive	šormie	šormiloida
illative	šormih	šormiloih
inessive	šormešša	šormiloissa
elative	šormešta	šormiloista
adessive	šormella	šormiloilla
ablative	šormelda	šormiloilda
translative	šormekši	šormiloiksi
essive	šormina	šormiloina
comitative	šormenke	šormiloinke
abessive	šormetta	šormiloitta

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