Kaisu
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See also: kaisū
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a diminutive form of Kaisa, from Katariina (“Catherine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kaisu
- a female given name
- 1918, Anni Swan, Kaarinan kesäloma, WSOY, published 1956, page 111:
- Ei, Kaarina kulta, heitä rillit nurkkaan, luovu arvokkaasta opettajannaamastasi ja muutu jälleen vallattomaksi Kaisuksi.
- No, Kaarina, darling, toss those glasses in the corner, leave your dignified teacher face behind and become an unruly Kaisu once again.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kaisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kaisu | Kaisut | |
genitive | Kaisun | Kaisujen | |
partitive | Kaisua | Kaisuja | |
illative | Kaisuun | Kaisuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kaisu | Kaisut | |
accusative | nom. | Kaisu | Kaisut |
gen. | Kaisun | ||
genitive | Kaisun | Kaisujen | |
partitive | Kaisua | Kaisuja | |
inessive | Kaisussa | Kaisuissa | |
elative | Kaisusta | Kaisuista | |
illative | Kaisuun | Kaisuihin | |
adessive | Kaisulla | Kaisuilla | |
ablative | Kaisulta | Kaisuilta | |
allative | Kaisulle | Kaisuille | |
essive | Kaisuna | Kaisuina | |
translative | Kaisuksi | Kaisuiksi | |
abessive | Kaisutta | Kaisuitta | |
instructive | — | Kaisuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Kaisu is the 196th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,219 female individuals (and as a middle name to 697 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.