nurmi

See also: Nurmi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńurme. Related to Estonian nurm, Karelian nurmi, Livonian nurm, Veps norm, Votic nurmi, Erzya нар (nar), Skolt Sami njorˈmâ, Khanty нӫрәмку (nőrəmku) and Mansi ню̄рым (nû̄rym).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnurmi/, [ˈnurmi]
  • Rhymes: -urmi
  • Syllabification(key): nur‧mi

Noun

nurmi

  1. lawn, grass

Declension

Inflection of nurmi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative nurmi nurmet
genitive nurmen nurmien
partitive nurmea nurmia
illative nurmeen nurmiin
singular plural
nominative nurmi nurmet
accusative nom. nurmi nurmet
gen. nurmen
genitive nurmen nurmien
partitive nurmea nurmia
inessive nurmessa nurmissa
elative nurmesta nurmista
illative nurmeen nurmiin
adessive nurmella nurmilla
ablative nurmelta nurmilta
allative nurmelle nurmille
essive nurmena nurmina
translative nurmeksi nurmiksi
instructive nurmin
abessive nurmetta nurmitta
comitative nurmineen
Possessive forms of nurmi (type ovi)
possessor singular plural
1st person nurmeni nurmemme
2nd person nurmesi nurmenne
3rd person nurmensa

Derived terms

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Karelian

Noun

nurmi

  1. lawn

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nurmi.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnurmi/, [ˈnurmi]
  • Rhymes: -urmi
  • Hyphenation: nur‧mi

Noun

nurmi

  1. field, farmland

Inflection

Declension of nurmi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nurmi nurmõd
genitive nurmõ nurmije, nurmijõ, nurmi
partitive nurmõa nurmitõ, nurmi
illative nurmõ, nurmõsõ nurmije, nurmijõ, nurmisõ
inessive nurmõz nurmiz
elative nurmõssõ nurmissõ
allative nurmõlõ nurmilõ
adessive nurmõllõ nurmillõ
ablative nurmõltõ nurmiltõ
translative nurmõssi nurmissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), nurmi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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