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sorsia
sorsia
Finnish
Noun
sorsia
- Partitive plural form of sorsa.
Etymology 2
- From sortaa: Earlier, sortaa had common coexistent forms for the 3rd-person singular indicative past, sorsi and sorti (i.e. the "ti ~ si fluctuation"). It was then deducted that sorsi could have an infinitive sorsia, by the pattern of the type sallia (3rd-pers. ind. past salli).
Verb
sorsia
- (transitive, colloquial) To discriminate against, treat unequally.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sorsia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorsin | en sorsi | 1st sing. | olen sorsinut | en ole sorsinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorsit | et sorsi | 2nd sing. | olet sorsinut | et ole sorsinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorsii | ei sorsi | 3rd sing. | on sorsinut | ei ole sorsinut | |
| 1st plur. | sorsimme | emme sorsi | 1st plur. | olemme sorsineet | emme ole sorsineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorsitte | ette sorsi | 2nd plur. | olette sorsineet | ette ole sorsineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sorsivat | eivät sorsi | 3rd plur. | ovat sorsineet | eivät ole sorsineet | |
| passive | sorsitaan | ei sorsita | passive | on sorsittu | ei ole sorsittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorsin | en sorsinut | 1st sing. | olin sorsinut | en ollut sorsinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorsit | et sorsinut | 2nd sing. | olit sorsinut | et ollut sorsinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorsi | ei sorsinut | 3rd sing. | oli sorsinut | ei ollut sorsinut | |
| 1st plur. | sorsimme | emme sorsineet | 1st plur. | olimme sorsineet | emme olleet sorsineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorsitte | ette sorsineet | 2nd plur. | olitte sorsineet | ette olleet sorsineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sorsivat | eivät sorsineet | 3rd plur. | olivat sorsineet | eivät olleet sorsineet | |
| passive | sorsittiin | ei sorsittu | passive | oli sorsittu | ei ollut sorsittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorsisin | en sorsisi | 1st sing. | olisin sorsinut | en olisi sorsinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorsisit | et sorsisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sorsinut | et olisi sorsinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorsisi | ei sorsisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sorsinut | ei olisi sorsinut | |
| 1st plur. | sorsisimme | emme sorsisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sorsineet | emme olisi sorsineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorsisitte | ette sorsisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sorsineet | ette olisi sorsineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sorsisivat | eivät sorsisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sorsineet | eivät olisi sorsineet | |
| passive | sorsittaisiin | ei sorsittaisi | passive | olisi sorsittu | ei olisi sorsittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sorsi | älä sorsi | 2nd sing. | ole sorsinut | älä ole sorsinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorsikoon | älköön sorsiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sorsinut | älköön olko sorsinut | |
| 1st plur. | sorsikaamme | älkäämme sorsiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sorsineet | älkäämme olko sorsineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorsikaa | älkää sorsiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sorsineet | älkää olko sorsineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sorsikoot | älkööt sorsiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sorsineet | älkööt olko sorsineet | |
| passive | sorsittakoon | älköön sorsittako | passive | olkoon sorsittu | älköön olko sorsittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sorsinen | en sorsine | 1st sing. | lienen sorsinut | en liene sorsinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sorsinet | et sorsine | 2nd sing. | lienet sorsinut | et liene sorsinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sorsinee | ei sorsine | 3rd sing. | lienee sorsinut | ei liene sorsinut | |
| 1st plur. | sorsinemme | emme sorsine | 1st plur. | lienemme sorsineet | emme liene sorsineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sorsinette | ette sorsine | 2nd plur. | lienette sorsineet | ette liene sorsineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sorsinevat | eivät sorsine | 3rd plur. | lienevät sorsineet | eivät liene sorsineet | |
| passive | sorsittaneen | ei sorsittane | passive | lienee sorsittu | ei liene sorsittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sorsia | present | sorsiva | sorsittava | ||
| long 1st2 | sorsiakseen | past | sorsinut | sorsittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sorsiessa | sorsittaessa | agent1, 3 | sorsima | |
| instructive | sorsien | — | negative | sorsimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sorsimassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | sorsimasta | — | ||||
| illative | sorsimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sorsimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sorsimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sorsiman | sorsittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sorsiminen | ||||
| partitive | sorsimista | |||||
| 5th2 | sorsimaisillaan | |||||