Ilmatar

Finnish
FWOTD – 27 July 2015

Etymology

From ilma (“air”) +‎ -tar. The given name was adopted from the Kalevala in the 19th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈilmɑtɑr/, [ˈilmɑt̪ɑr]
  • Rhymes: -ilmɑtɑr
  • Syllabification(key): Il‧ma‧tar

Proper noun

Ilmatar

  1. (Finnic mythology) An air spirit and the mother of Väinämöinen in the Kalevala.
    • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 1:107-112:
      Yksin syntyi Väinämöinen, / Ilmestyi ikirunoja / Kapehesta kantajasta, / Ilmattaresta emosta. / Olipa impi, ilman tyttö, / Kave luonnotar korea.
      Lonely born was Väinämöinen, / All alone, the poet immortal, / From the beautiful who bore him, / From his mother, Ilmatar. / She, the virgin of the air, / Beautiful maiden, Nature's girl, /
  2. a female given name

Declension
Inflection of Ilmatar (Kotus type 32*C/sisar, tt-t gradation)
nominative Ilmatar Ilmattaret
genitive Ilmattaren Ilmattarien
Ilmatarten
partitive Ilmatarta Ilmattaria
illative Ilmattareen Ilmattariin
singular plural
nominative Ilmatar Ilmattaret
accusative nom. Ilmatar Ilmattaret
gen. Ilmattaren
genitive Ilmattaren Ilmattarien
Ilmatarten
partitive Ilmatarta Ilmattaria
inessive Ilmattaressa Ilmattarissa
elative Ilmattaresta Ilmattarista
illative Ilmattareen Ilmattariin
adessive Ilmattarella Ilmattarilla
ablative Ilmattarelta Ilmattarilta
allative Ilmattarelle Ilmattarille
essive Ilmattarena Ilmattarina
translative Ilmattareksi Ilmattariksi
instructive — Ilmattarin
abessive Ilmattaretta Ilmattaritta
comitative — Ilmattarineen
Possessive forms of Ilmatar (type sisar)
possessor singular plural
1st person Ilmattareni Ilmattaremme
2nd person Ilmattaresi Ilmattarenne
3rd person Ilmattarensa
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