Nyyrikki
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain root + -ikki. Older names include Nyrkes (attested as Nyrckes [Agricola 1551]), Nyrkys, Nyrkis. The word was probably adapted into the aforementioned suffix for poetic reasons.
Krohn (1914) considers the name to originate from a variant of Jyrki (Saint George).[1] Harva (1948) rejects this and claims origin from a lost term perhaps originally meaning "squirrel".[2] Haavio (1959) in turn thinks -lk- instead of -rk- - so Nylkys - might have been original. This would in turn originate from nylkeä (“to skin, flay”), a byname given to Saint Bartholomew due to his fate (Nylky-Bartolomeus).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nyyrikki
- (Finnic mythology) A forest spirit, son of Tapio in the Kalevala.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:287-288:
- Nyyrikki, Tapion poika, / Siniviitta viian poika!
- Nyyrikki, thou son of Tapio, / Bushland fellow in blue jacket!
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:287-288:
- (rare) a male given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Nyyrikki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Nyyrikki | Nyyrikit | ||
genitive | Nyyrikin | Nyyrikkien | ||
partitive | Nyyrikkiä | Nyyrikkejä | ||
illative | Nyyrikkiin | Nyyrikkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Nyyrikki | Nyyrikit | ||
accusative | nom. | Nyyrikki | Nyyrikit | |
gen. | Nyyrikin | |||
genitive | Nyyrikin | Nyyrikkien | ||
partitive | Nyyrikkiä | Nyyrikkejä | ||
inessive | Nyyrikissä | Nyyrikeissä | ||
elative | Nyyrikistä | Nyyrikeistä | ||
illative | Nyyrikkiin | Nyyrikkeihin | ||
adessive | Nyyrikillä | Nyyrikeillä | ||
ablative | Nyyrikiltä | Nyyrikeiltä | ||
allative | Nyyrikille | Nyyrikeille | ||
essive | Nyyrikkinä | Nyyrikkeinä | ||
translative | Nyyrikiksi | Nyyrikeiksi | ||
abessive | Nyyrikittä | Nyyrikeittä | ||
instructive | — | Nyyrikein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- The given name Nyyrikki belongs as a middle name to 53 male individuals, and also belongs as a middle name to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
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- Finnish terms with unknown etymologies
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ikki
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/yːrikːi
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