Kreeta
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Proper noun edit
Kreeta
Etymology 2 edit
Swedish Greta and German Grete, ultimately also from Ancient Greek. A variant of Reet, Kreet, Grete.
Proper noun edit
Kreeta (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a female given name
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Proper noun edit
Kreeta
Declension edit
Inflection of Kreeta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kreeta | Kreetat | ||
genitive | Kreetan | Kreetojen | ||
partitive | Kreetaa | Kreetoja | ||
illative | Kreetaan | Kreetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kreeta | Kreetat | ||
accusative | nom. | Kreeta | Kreetat | |
gen. | Kreetan | |||
genitive | Kreetan | Kreetojen Kreetainrare | ||
partitive | Kreetaa | Kreetoja | ||
inessive | Kreetassa | Kreetoissa | ||
elative | Kreetasta | Kreetoista | ||
illative | Kreetaan | Kreetoihin | ||
adessive | Kreetalla | Kreetoilla | ||
ablative | Kreetalta | Kreetoilta | ||
allative | Kreetalle | Kreetoille | ||
essive | Kreetana | Kreetoina | ||
translative | Kreetaksi | Kreetoiksi | ||
abessive | Kreetatta | Kreetoitta | ||
instructive | — | Kreetoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Swedish Greta and Margareta, ultimately also from Ancient Greek. A variant of Reeta, Reetta.
Proper noun edit
Kreeta
- a female given name
- 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act I:
- Kreeta! pääni pyörään käy, koska muistelen, että kohta olen yhtä kanssas, eli toisin, minä tulen sinuksi ja sinä minuksi, sanalla sanoen, Esko on Kreeta ja Kreeta on Esko; ja kutsukoot meitä sitten joko Eskokreetaksi eli Kreetaeskoksi.
- Kreeta! my head feels like spinning, as I remember how I am one with you, that is to say, I become you and you me, and so to say, Esko is Kreeta and Kreeta is Esko, and let us be called Eskokreeta or Kreetaesko.
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 3 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
- Kaisan huulet massahtelee, / Napsuttelee kirves; / Kreeta-muori Kaisan kynsiss’ / Juttuu hampaat irviss’.
- On her cupping tool / Kaisa smacks her lip. / Greta talks through gritted teeth, / Squirming in her grip.
Declension edit
Inflection of Kreeta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kreeta | Kreetat | ||
genitive | Kreetan | Kreetojen | ||
partitive | Kreetaa | Kreetoja | ||
illative | Kreetaan | Kreetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kreeta | Kreetat | ||
accusative | nom. | Kreeta | Kreetat | |
gen. | Kreetan | |||
genitive | Kreetan | Kreetojen Kreetainrare | ||
partitive | Kreetaa | Kreetoja | ||
inessive | Kreetassa | Kreetoissa | ||
elative | Kreetasta | Kreetoista | ||
illative | Kreetaan | Kreetoihin | ||
adessive | Kreetalla | Kreetoilla | ||
ablative | Kreetalta | Kreetoilta | ||
allative | Kreetalle | Kreetoille | ||
essive | Kreetana | Kreetoina | ||
translative | Kreetaksi | Kreetoiksi | ||
abessive | Kreetatta | Kreetoitta | ||
instructive | — | Kreetoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Kreeta is the 1003rd (tied with 8 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 157 female individuals (and as a middle name to 233 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.