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	—

Related terms

• Rootsi
• soome

 

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)