Marita
English
Etymology
Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.
Proper noun
Marita
- A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marita f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Marita: Marituson
- daughter of Marita: Maritudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Marita |
Accusative | Maritu |
Dative | Maritu |
Genitive | Maritu |
Finnish
Etymology
First recorded in Finland in 1860. From Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology often interpreted as a variant of Maria.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marita
- a female given name.
- 2014 Marja Björk, Mustalaisäidin kehtolaulu, Like, →ISBN, page 59:
- —Minkälaisesta musiikista se Väinön Maria pitää?
- —Marita.
- En puhu tuolle mitään, kun ei edes nimeä muista, Marita ajatteli.
- 2014 Marja Björk, Mustalaisäidin kehtolaulu, Like, →ISBN, page 59:
Usage notes
- Popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Declension
Inflection of Marita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Marita | Maritat | ||
genitive | Maritan | Maritoiden Maritoitten Maritojen | ||
partitive | Maritaa | Maritoita Maritoja | ||
illative | Maritaan | Maritoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Marita | Maritat | ||
accusative | nom. | Marita | Maritat | |
gen. | Maritan | |||
genitive | Maritan | Maritoiden Maritoitten Maritojen Maritain rare | ||
partitive | Maritaa | Maritoita Maritoja | ||
inessive | Maritassa | Maritoissa | ||
elative | Maritasta | Maritoista | ||
illative | Maritaan | Maritoihin | ||
adessive | Maritalla | Maritoilla | ||
ablative | Maritalta | Maritoilta | ||
allative | Maritalle | Maritoille | ||
essive | Maritana | Maritoina | ||
translative | Maritaksi | Maritoiksi | ||
abessive | Maritatta | Maritoitta | ||
instructive | — | Maritoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Norwegian Marita.
Proper noun
Marita f
- a female given name.
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marita was the only given name of 1271 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
Latinate form of Marit, from Margareta (“Margaret”). Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.
Proper noun
Marita
- a female given name.
Swedish
Etymology
First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.
Proper noun
Marita c (genitive Maritas)
- a female given name.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Norwegian
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːɹɪta
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Norwegian
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
- Latvian terms derived from Norwegian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms derived from Norwegian
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names