Mikkeli
See also: mikkeli
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Mikkeli.
Proper noun edit
Mikkeli
- A town and municipality in eastern Finland.
Translations edit
city
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Obsolete variant of the given name Mikael. In Finnish, towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare Pietari (“St Petersburg”), Antrea (from St Andrew), Loviisa, Kaarina (“St Catherine”) and Marttila (“St Matthew”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mikkeli
- Mikkeli (a town and municipality of Finland)
- (rare) a male given name
- (rare) a Finnish surname
Usage notes edit
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Mikkeli" is Mikkelissä.
Declension edit
Inflection of Mikkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit | ||
genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkelien Mikkeleiden Mikkeleitten | ||
partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkeleitä Mikkelejä | ||
illative | Mikkeliin | Mikkeleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit | ||
accusative | nom. | Mikkeli | Mikkelit | |
gen. | Mikkelin | |||
genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkelien Mikkeleiden Mikkeleitten | ||
partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkeleitä Mikkelejä | ||
inessive | Mikkelissä | Mikkeleissä | ||
elative | Mikkelistä | Mikkeleistä | ||
illative | Mikkeliin | Mikkeleihin | ||
adessive | Mikkelillä | Mikkeleillä | ||
ablative | Mikkeliltä | Mikkeleiltä | ||
allative | Mikkelille | Mikkeleille | ||
essive | Mikkelinä | Mikkeleinä | ||
translative | Mikkeliksi | Mikkeleiksi | ||
abessive | Mikkelittä | Mikkeleittä | ||
instructive | — | Mikkelein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- The given name Mikkeli belongs as a middle name to 10 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Mikkeli belongs to 29 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/, [ˈmikːe̞lʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/, [ˈmikːe̞lʲi]
- Rhymes: -ikːelʲ, -ikːeli
- Hyphenation: Mik‧ke‧li
Proper noun edit
Mikkeli
- a male given name, equivalent to English Michael
- (Christianity) Michaelmas (feast on 21 November)
Declension edit
Declension of Mikkeli (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit |
genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkeliin, Mikkelilöin |
partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkelijä, Mikkelilöjä |
illative | Mikkelii | Mikkelii, Mikkelilöihe |
inessive | Mikkeliis | Mikkeliis, Mikkelilöis |
elative | Mikkelist | Mikkeliist, Mikkelilöist |
allative | Mikkelille | Mikkeliille, Mikkelilöille |
adessive | Mikkeliil | Mikkeliil, Mikkelilöil |
ablative | Mikkelilt | Mikkeliilt, Mikkelilöilt |
translative | Mikkeliks | Mikkeliiks, Mikkelilöiks |
essive | Mikkelinnä, Mikkeliin | Mikkeliinnä, Mikkelilöinnä, Mikkeliin, Mikkelilöin |
exessive1) | Mikkelint | Mikkeliint, Mikkelilöint |
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. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310