šoma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soma"

Karelian

Regional variants of šoma

North Karelian (Viena)	šoma
South Karelian (Tver)	šoma

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soma. Cognates include Finnish soma and Veps čoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃomɑ/
• Hyphenation: šo‧ma

Adjective

šoma (genitive šoman, partitive šomua, comparative šomempi／šomembi, superlative šomin, diminutive šomani／šomane)

1. pretty, handsome

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šoma (type 5/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šoma	šomat
genitive	šoman	šomien
partitive	šomua	šomie
illative	šomah	šomih
inessive	šomašša	šomissa
elative	šomašta	šomista
adessive	šomalla	šomilla
ablative	šomalta	šomilta
translative	šomakši	šomiksi
essive	šomana	šomina
comitative	—	šomineh
abessive	šomatta	šomitta

Tver Karelian declension of šoma (type 5/koira no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šoma	šomat
genitive	šoman	šomin
partitive	šomua	šomie
illative	šomah	šomih
inessive	šomašša	šomissa
elative	šomašta	šomista
adessive	šomalla	šomilla
ablative	šomalda	šomilda
translative	šomakši	šomiksi
essive	šomana	šomina
comitative	šomanke	šominke
abessive	šomatta	šomitta

Possessive forms of šoma
1st person	šomani
2nd person	šomaš
3rd person	šomah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šoma”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “soma”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN