sormi

Sormi is a Finnish noun meaning finger, the digit at the end of the hand. It is a basic term used in everyday speech and writing. The word is native to Finnish and follows regular Finnish noun declension patterns.

In singular form, the nominative is sormi; the genitive singular is sormen; the partitive singular is sormea. In the plural, the nominative is sormet; the genitive plural is sormien; the partitive plural is sormia. These forms are used to indicate possession, quantity, or object of description in sentences.

Common phrases and compounds include osoittaa sormella (to point with a finger) and sormenpäät (fingertips). The vocabulary around sormi extends to anatomical and descriptive terms related to the hand and its function, such as references to grip, touch, and gestures.

Usage notes: sormi refers to any human finger, including the index, middle, ring, and little fingers. The thumb is usually treated as a separate category in everyday Finnish, often described as peukalo, though it is still a finger by anatomical classification. As with other basic nouns, sormi appears across standard Finnish literature, instructions, and colloquial speech.