Helka
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish first name Helga < Old Norse helga (“holy”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helka
- a female given name.
- 1840 Kanteletar:3:37 Helka paimenessa:
- Kalevalan kaunis neiti,
- Helka neiti hempiätär,
- läksi piennä paimenehen,
- lassa karjan kaitsentahan;
- 1840 Kanteletar:3:37 Helka paimenessa:
Declension
Inflection of Helka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Helka | Helkat | |
genitive | Helkan | Helkojen | |
partitive | Helkaa | Helkoja | |
illative | Helkaan | Helkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Helka | Helkat | |
accusative | nom. | Helka | Helkat |
gen. | Helkan | ||
genitive | Helkan | Helkojen Helkain rare | |
partitive | Helkaa | Helkoja | |
inessive | Helkassa | Helkoissa | |
elative | Helkasta | Helkoista | |
illative | Helkaan | Helkoihin | |
adessive | Helkalla | Helkoilla | |
ablative | Helkalta | Helkoilta | |
allative | Helkalle | Helkoille | |
essive | Helkana | Helkoina | |
translative | Helkaksi | Helkoiksi | |
abessive | Helkatta | Helkoitta | |
instructive | — | Helkoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals