Petra
See also: petra
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
A feminine form of Peter, identical with Late Latin petra (“stone”); came into regular use in the 19th century.
Proper noun edit
Petra
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
female given name
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).
Proper noun edit
Petra
- An ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan.
- An ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt; in full, Petra in Aegypto.
- A medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri.
- An ancient lost town in Corinthia in modern Greece.
- An ancient lost town in Elis in modern Greece.
- A modern village and community in Aliartos municipality in Boeotia, Greece.
- A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean administrative region, Greece.
- A modern former municipality of Pieria, Central Macedonia administrative region, Greece.
- A modern village in Preveza, Epirus administrative region, Greece.
- A former village and ghost town in Northern Cyprus, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
- A modern village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania.
- A modern town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, Spain.
- An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
Translations edit
an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Petra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Petra f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Petra: Petruson
- daughter of Petra: Petrudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Petra |
Accusative | Petru |
Dative | Petru |
Genitive | Petru |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Petra or Swedish Petra in the 20th century. Sometimes associated with dialectal Finnish petra (“deer”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra
Declension edit
Inflection of Petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Petra | Petrat | ||
genitive | Petran | Petrojen | ||
partitive | Petraa | Petroja | ||
illative | Petraan | Petroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Petra | Petrat | ||
accusative | nom. | Petra | Petrat | |
gen. | Petran | |||
genitive | Petran | Petrojen Petrainrare | ||
partitive | Petraa | Petroja | ||
inessive | Petrassa | Petroissa | ||
elative | Petrasta | Petroista | ||
illative | Petraan | Petroihin | ||
adessive | Petralla | Petroilla | ||
ablative | Petralta | Petroilta | ||
allative | Petralle | Petroille | ||
essive | Petrana | Petroina | ||
translative | Petraksi | Petroiksi | ||
abessive | Petratta | Petroitta | ||
instructive | — | Petroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Petra is the 124th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,737 female individuals (and as a middle name to 851 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra f (genitive Petras or Petra)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, Petrus, equivalent to English Petra
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Péter, equivalent to English Petra
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Petra | Petrák |
accusative | Petrát | Petrákat |
dative | Petrának | Petráknak |
instrumental | Petrával | Petrákkal |
causal-final | Petráért | Petrákért |
translative | Petrává | Petrákká |
terminative | Petráig | Petrákig |
essive-formal | Petraként | Petrákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Petrában | Petrákban |
superessive | Petrán | Petrákon |
adessive | Petránál | Petráknál |
illative | Petrába | Petrákba |
sublative | Petrára | Petrákra |
allative | Petrához | Petrákhoz |
elative | Petrából | Petrákból |
delative | Petráról | Petrákról |
ablative | Petrától | Petráktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Petráé | Petráké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Petráéi | Petrákéi |
Possessive forms of Petra | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Petrám | Petráim |
2nd person sing. | Petrád | Petráid |
3rd person sing. | Petrája | Petrái |
1st person plural | Petránk | Petráink |
2nd person plural | Petrátok | Petráitok |
3rd person plural | Petrájuk | Petráik |
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛːt̪rä]
Proper noun edit
Petra f sg (genitive Petrae); first declension
- Petra (an ancient Nabatean city in Arabia Petraea, in modern Jordan)
- Petra, Petra in Aegypto (an ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopic in Roman Egypt)
- Petra (a medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri)
- Petra (an ancient lost town in Corinthia in modern Greece)
- Petra (an ancient lost town in Elis in modern Greece)
- a post-classical female given name, masculine equivalent Petrus
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Petra |
Genitive | Petrae |
Dative | Petrae |
Accusative | Petram |
Ablative | Petrā |
Vocative | Petra |
Locative | Petrae |
References edit
- “Petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Petra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Petra
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petra f (genitive singular Petry, nominative plural Petry, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra
Declension edit
Declension of Petra
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Petra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Petra c (genitive Petras)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra