Aili
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Aili
- a female given name.
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Northern Sami Áile (formerly also spelled Aili) first recorded in Lapland in the 17th century, also in the diminutive form Ailitza; possibly an equivalent of English Helga or Alice, or of Norwegian Eili. Taken up by Finnish speakers at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aili
- a female given name.
- 1887 Matti Kurikka, Aili: Näytelmä viidessä näytöksessä, Wickström ja kumpp., page 71:
- Älkää ymmärtäkö väärin, rouva Hartin, tytärtänne. Aili neiti tarkoittaa vaan hyvää. Eikö teistä itsestännekin tunnu tarpeettomalta valvoa niin älykkään immen käytöstä, kuin Aili on.
- 1897 Maila Talvio, Aili: romaani, Werner Söderström, page 51:
- Surumielinen, haikea ilme ei väisty hänen kasvoiltaan. Hän on Aili, Kaarilan tytär.
- 1887 Matti Kurikka, Aili: Näytelmä viidessä näytöksessä, Wickström ja kumpp., page 71:
Usage notes
- Popular in Finland in early 20th century.
Declension
Inflection of Aili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Aili | Ailit | |
genitive | Ailin | Ailien | |
partitive | Ailia | Aileja | |
illative | Ailiin | Aileihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Aili | Ailit | |
accusative | nom. | Aili | Ailit |
gen. | Ailin | ||
genitive | Ailin | Ailien | |
partitive | Ailia | Aileja | |
inessive | Ailissa | Aileissa | |
elative | Ailista | Aileista | |
illative | Ailiin | Aileihin | |
adessive | Aililla | Aileilla | |
ablative | Aililta | Aileilta | |
allative | Ailille | Aileille | |
essive | Ailina | Aileina | |
translative | Ailiksi | Aileiksi | |
abessive | Ailitta | Aileitta | |
instructive | — | Ailein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Categories:
- Estonian terms borrowed from Finnish
- Estonian terms derived from Finnish
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Northern Sami
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑili
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑili/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals