Maaria
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
A medieval variant of Maria (“Mary”). The (rural) municipality was named after its church, in turn after (Saint) Mary.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maaria
- a female given name
- 1840, Kanteletar:2:177 Anna maata, Maariainen:
- anna maata, Maariainen,
Kiesus, leppe’in levätä;
niinkuin, Maaria, makasit,
Kiesus, leppe’in lepäsit!
- 1974, Maria Vaara, Likaiset legendat, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 173:
- Tällä hetkellä minulla on tärkeätä asiaa Maarialle. Muistan taas, että nimissämme on vain yhden a:n ero. Mutta se ratkaisee paljon. On ihan eri asia olla Neitsyt-Maaria kuin neitsyt-Maria. Olen sen kipeästi tullut monta kertaa huomaamaan.
- I've got some important matters for Maaria. Again I'm reminded of just our names differ only by a single A, but tit matters so much. A Virgin Maaria is very different from a Virgin Maria. I've had to learn that the hard way many times.
- A former municipality near Turku in SW Finland, now part of Turku.
Declension edit
| Inflection of Maaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maaria | Maariat | ||
| genitive | Maarian | Maarioiden Maarioitten | ||
| partitive | Maariaa | Maarioita | ||
| illative | Maariaan | Maarioihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Maaria | Maariat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Maaria | Maariat | |
| gen. | Maarian | |||
| genitive | Maarian | Maarioiden Maarioitten Maariainrare | ||
| partitive | Maariaa | Maarioita | ||
| inessive | Maariassa | Maarioissa | ||
| elative | Maariasta | Maarioista | ||
| illative | Maariaan | Maarioihin | ||
| adessive | Maarialla | Maarioilla | ||
| ablative | Maarialta | Maarioilta | ||
| allative | Maarialle | Maarioille | ||
| essive | Maariana | Maarioina | ||
| translative | Maariaksi | Maarioiksi | ||
| abessive | Maariatta | Maarioitta | ||
| instructive | — | Maarioin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- Maaria is the 607th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 450 female individuals (and as a middle name to 14,955 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
Greenlandic edit
Alternative forms edit
- (old orthography) Mâria
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Maaria
- a female given name from Danish
Related terms edit
References edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːriɑ/, [ˈmɑːre̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːriɑ/, [ˈmɑːriɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːreː, -ɑːriɑ
- Hyphenation: Maa‧ri‧a
Proper noun edit
Maaria
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
- (Christianity) Assumption of Mary (feast on 28 August)
Declension edit
| Declension of Maaria (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Maaria | Maariat |
| genitive | Maarian | Maarioin |
| partitive | Maariaa | Maarioja |
| illative | Maariaa | Maarioihe |
| inessive | Maariaas | Maariois |
| elative | Maariast | Maarioist |
| allative | Maarialle | Maarioille |
| adessive | Maariaal | Maarioil |
| ablative | Maarialt | Maarioilt |
| translative | Maariaks | Maarioiks |
| essive | Maarianna, Maariaan | Maarioinna, Maarioin |
| exessive1) | Maariant | Maarioint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 303