Mielikki
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See also: mielikki
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pre-Christian given name element corresponding to modern Finnish mieli (“mind”) + -ikki; also interpreted as mielikki (“favorite”). Cognate with Estonian Meelike.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mielikki
- (Finnic mythology) Finnish goddess of the forest.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:45-50:
- Mielikki, metsän emäntä! / Puhas muori, muoto kaunis! / Pane kulta kulkemahan, / Hopea vaeltamahan / Miehen etsivän etehen, / Anelijan askelille!
- Mielikki, the forest mistress, / Fair of figure, clear-skinned matron! / Set your golden game in motion! / Let your silver come before me / On the pathway of the hunter, / On the footsteps of the seeker.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:45-50:
- (rare as a first name) a female given name
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Mielikki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mielikki | Mielikit | ||
genitive | Mielikin | Mielikkien | ||
partitive | Mielikkiä | Mielikkejä | ||
illative | Mielikkiin | Mielikkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mielikki | Mielikit | ||
accusative | nom. | Mielikki | Mielikit | |
gen. | Mielikin | |||
genitive | Mielikin | Mielikkien | ||
partitive | Mielikkiä | Mielikkejä | ||
inessive | Mielikissä | Mielikeissä | ||
elative | Mielikistä | Mielikeistä | ||
illative | Mielikkiin | Mielikkeihin | ||
adessive | Mielikillä | Mielikeillä | ||
ablative | Mielikiltä | Mielikeiltä | ||
allative | Mielikille | Mielikeille | ||
essive | Mielikkinä | Mielikkeinä | ||
translative | Mielikiksi | Mielikeiksi | ||
abessive | Mielikittä | Mielikeittä | ||
instructive | — | Mielikein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- The given name Mielikki belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 318 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ikki
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielikːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielikːi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Finnic mythology
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals