Elli
Finnish
Etymology
Diminutive of Elisabet, Elina (“Helen”) and Eleonoora (“Eleanor”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elli
- a female given name
- 1840 Kanteletar:1:224 Ellin velli:
- Velli kaatui karsinahan,
- Ellin lapset lakkimahan,
- Elli itse itkemähän,
- muu pere murajamahan.
- 1971 Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus (1981), →ISBN, page 523:
- —Pirun laillako minä lienen häkeltyny siinä papin eissä niin että menin sanomaan tuon tyttären nimet väärin päin...! Pijin mielessäni, että sanon Edith Elli niin kun oli puhe, mutta enkö jumaliste laukasukki kuulosalle Elli Edith. Helekkari että minua suivauttaa!
- 1840 Kanteletar:1:224 Ellin velli:
Declension
Inflection of Elli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Elli | Ellit | |
genitive | Ellin | Ellien | |
partitive | Elliä | Ellejä | |
illative | Elliin | Elleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Elli | Ellit | |
accusative | nom. | Elli | Ellit |
gen. | Ellin | ||
genitive | Ellin | Ellien | |
partitive | Elliä | Ellejä | |
inessive | Ellissä | Elleissä | |
elative | Ellistä | Elleistä | |
illative | Elliin | Elleihin | |
adessive | Ellillä | Elleillä | |
ablative | Elliltä | Elleiltä | |
allative | Ellille | Elleille | |
essive | Ellinä | Elleinä | |
translative | Elliksi | Elleiksi | |
abessive | Ellittä | Elleittä | |
instructive | — | Ellein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elli
- a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth
Icelandic
Etymology 1
Shortened (and phonetically simplified) from Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛlːɪ/ (usually)
- Rhymes: -ɛlːɪ
- IPA(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/ (when derived from Erlendur as pronounced /ˈɛtl(ɛ~ɪ)ntʏr/
Proper noun
Elli m
Declension
Declension of Elli | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Elli | Ellinn | Ellar | Ellarnir |
accusative | Ella | Ellann | Ella | Ellana |
dative | Ella | Ellanum | Ellum | Ellunum |
genitive | Ella | Ellans | Ella | Ellanna |
Etymology 2
From elli (“old age”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elli f
- (Norse mythology) The personification of old age as an old woman, who defeats Thor in a wrestling match.
Declension
Declension of Elli | ||
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f-w2 | singular | |
indefinite | ||
nominative | Elli | |
accusative | Elli | |
dative | Elli | |
genitive | Elli |
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- German diminutives of female given names
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlːɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlːɪ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtlɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtlɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Norse mythology