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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