iivana
Appearance
See also: Iivana
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Iivana, from Russian Иван (Ivan), a common male name. Compare German Iwan and English Ivan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈiːʋɑnɑ/, [ˈiːʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iːʋɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): ii‧va‧na
- Hyphenation(key): ii‧va‧na
Noun
[edit]iivana (derogatory)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of iivana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | iivana | iivanat | |
| genitive | iivanan | iivanoiden iivanoitten | |
| partitive | iivanaa | iivanoita | |
| illative | iivanaan | iivanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | iivana | iivanat | |
| accusative | nom. | iivana | iivanat |
| gen. | iivanan | ||
| genitive | iivanan | iivanoiden iivanoitten iivanain rare | |
| partitive | iivanaa | iivanoita | |
| inessive | iivanassa | iivanoissa | |
| elative | iivanasta | iivanoista | |
| illative | iivanaan | iivanoihin | |
| adessive | iivanalla | iivanoilla | |
| ablative | iivanalta | iivanoilta | |
| allative | iivanalle | iivanoille | |
| essive | iivanana | iivanoina | |
| translative | iivanaksi | iivanoiksi | |
| abessive | iivanatta | iivanoitta | |
| instructive | — | iivanoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “iivana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023