Pentti
Finnish
Etymology
Traditional form of the Latin saint's name Benedictus (“Benedict”), partly via Old Swedish or Swedish Bengt or Bente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpentːi/, [ˈpe̞n̪t̪ːi]
- Hyphenation: Pent‧ti
Proper noun
Pentti
- A male given name, equivalent to English Benedict.
- (rare) A surname based on the given name.
Usage notes
- The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1927 - 1936.
Declension
| Inflection of Pentti (Kotus type 5/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pentti | Pentit | |
| genitive | Pentin | Penttien | |
| partitive | Penttiä | Penttejä | |
| illative | Penttiin | Pentteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pentti | Pentit | |
| accusative | nom. | Pentti | Pentit |
| gen. | Pentin | ||
| genitive | Pentin | Penttien | |
| partitive | Penttiä | Penttejä | |
| inessive | Pentissä | Penteissä | |
| elative | Pentistä | Penteistä | |
| illative | Penttiin | Pentteihin | |
| adessive | Pentillä | Penteillä | |
| ablative | Pentiltä | Penteiltä | |
| allative | Pentille | Penteille | |
| essive | Penttinä | Pentteinä | |
| translative | Pentiksi | Penteiksi | |
| instructive | — | Pentein | |
| abessive | Pentittä | Penteittä | |
| comitative | — | Pentteineen | |
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