sormi

See also: sõrmi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sorme. Cognates include Estonian sõrm, Northern Sami suorbma and Erzya сур (sur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsormi/, [ˈs̠o̞rmi]
• Rhymes: -ormi
• Syllabification: sor‧mi

Noun

sormi

1. (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.

2. finger (extremity of an animal's forelimb, which resembles human finger)
3. 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
instructive		—	sormin
abessive		sormetta	sormitta
comitative		—	sormineen

Possessive forms of sormi (type ovi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sormeni	sormemme
2nd person	sormesi	sormenne
3rd person	sormensa

Derived terms

• sormeilla
• sormellinen
• sormikas
• sormimainen
• sormio
• sormettaa
• sormitus
• sormus
• sormustin

Compounds

compounds

• etusormi
• keskisormi
• kymmensormijärjestelmä
• pikkusormi
• sormenjälki
• sormenkynsi
• sormenkärki
• sormenleveys
• sormenpää
• sormiaakkonen
• sormieläin
• sormihaarainen

• sormihalkoinen
• sormiharjoitus
• sormijakoinen
• sormijatkos
• sormijärjestys
• sormikihara
• sormikoukku
• sormilauta
• sormileikki
• sormilihas
• sormiliuskainen
• sormiluu

• sormimerkki
• sorminivel
• sormintasoitin
• sorminäppäryys
• sormiortoosi
• sormiosainen
• sormisuojain
• sormisääntö
• sormituntuma
• sormiväli
• sormiväri
• taikasormi

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Ingrian

Sormi.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi, from Proto-Uralic *sorme. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.

Pronunciation

• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsormi/
• Hyphenation: sor‧mi

Noun

sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormia)

1. finger

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, sormiloiheen
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.

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 540

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Karelian

Noun

sormi

1. finger

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Livvi

Sormi.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsormi/
• Hyphenation: sor‧mi
• Rhymes: -ormi

Noun

sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormie)

1. finger

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