suomu
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *soomu, maybe from a Proto-Uralic *śëme. Cognates include Komi-Permyak сьӧм (sʹöm) and Udmurt сьӧм (sʹöm), and Estonian soomus and Veps somuz.
Noun
suomu
- A scale, as a small piece of keratin covering the skin of a fish or other animal.
Declension
| Inflection of suomu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | suomu | suomut | |
| genitive | suomun | suomujen | |
| partitive | suomua | suomuja | |
| illative | suomuun | suomuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | suomu | suomut | |
| accusative | nom. | suomu | suomut |
| gen. | suomun | ||
| genitive | suomun | suomujen | |
| partitive | suomua | suomuja | |
| inessive | suomussa | suomuissa | |
| elative | suomusta | suomuista | |
| illative | suomuun | suomuihin | |
| adessive | suomulla | suomuilla | |
| ablative | suomulta | suomuilta | |
| allative | suomulle | suomuille | |
| essive | suomuna | suomuina | |
| translative | suomuksi | suomuiksi | |
| instructive | — | suomuin | |
| abessive | suomutta | suomuitta | |
| comitative | — | suomuineen | |
Derived terms
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