Malmi
See also: malmi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< malmi (“field”). As a surname, through the sense "used by soldiers for training". As a place in Helsinki, perhaps in reference to the sandy field that is now the spot of the Malmi Cemetery, or to a village located south of what is now Ala-Malmi.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Malmi
Declension edit
Inflection of Malmi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Malmi | Malmit | ||
genitive | Malmin | Malmien | ||
partitive | Malmia | Malmeja | ||
illative | Malmiin | Malmeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Malmi | Malmit | ||
accusative | nom. | Malmi | Malmit | |
gen. | Malmin | |||
genitive | Malmin | Malmien | ||
partitive | Malmia | Malmeja | ||
inessive | Malmissa | Malmeissa | ||
elative | Malmista | Malmeista | ||
illative | Malmiin | Malmeihin | ||
adessive | Malmilla | Malmeilla | ||
ablative | Malmilta | Malmeilta | ||
allative | Malmille | Malmeille | ||
essive | Malmina | Malmeina | ||
translative | Malmiksi | Malmeiksi | ||
abessive | Malmitta | Malmeitta | ||
instructive | — | Malmein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- Malmi is the 1058th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 818 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN