Soome

See also: soome, Soomõ, and sööme

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soomi, cognate with Finnish Suomi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsoːme/, [ˈsoːme̞]
  • Rhymes: -oːme
  • Homophone: soome
  • Hyphenation: Soo‧me

Proper noun

Soome (genitive Soome, partitive Soomet)

  1. Finland (a country in Europe)

Declension
Declension of Soome (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Soome —
accusative nom.
gen. Soome
genitive —
partitive Soomet —
illative Soomesse —
inessive Soomes —
elative Soomest —
allative Soomele —
adessive Soomel —
ablative Soomelt —
translative Soomeks —
terminative Soomeni —
essive Soomena —
abessive Soometa —
comitative Soomega —

Further reading
  • “Soome”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “Soome”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • Soome in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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