Mikkeli

See also: mikkeli

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Mikkeli.

Proper noun

Mikkeli

  1. A town and municipality in eastern Finland.

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

Obsolete variant of the given name Mikael.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/, [ˈmikːe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -ikːeli
  • Syllabification(key): Mik‧ke‧li

Proper noun

Mikkeli

  1. Mikkeli (a town and municipality of Finland)
  2. (rare) a male given name
  3. (rare) a surname

Usage notes

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Mikkeli" is Mikkelissä.

Declension

Inflection of Mikkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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
instructive Mikkelein
abessive Mikkelittä Mikkeleittä
comitative Mikkeleineen
Possessive forms of Mikkeli (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person Mikkelini Mikkelimme
2nd person Mikkelisi Mikkelinne
3rd person Mikkelinsä

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/, [ˈmikːəlʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/, [ˈmikːe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -ikːeli
  • Hyphenation: mik‧ke‧li

Proper noun

Mikkeli

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Michael
  2. (Christianity) Michaelmas (feast on 29 September)

Declension

Declension of Mikkeli (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
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

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310
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