Mikkeli
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See also: mikkeli
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Mikkeli.
Proper noun
Mikkeli
- A town and municipality in eastern Finland.
Translations
city
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Finnish
Etymology
Obsolete variant of the given name Mikael. In Finnish, towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare Pietari (“St Petersburg”), Antrea (from St Andrew), Loviisa, Kaarina (“St Catherine”) and Marttila (“St Matthew”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mikkeli
- Mikkeli (a town and municipality of Finland)
- (rare) a male given name
- (rare) a Finnish surname
Usage notes
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Mikkeli" is Mikkelissä.
Declension
| Inflection of Mikkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit | |
| genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkelien Mikkeleiden Mikkeleitten | |
| partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkeleitä Mikkelejä | |
| illative | Mikkeliin | Mikkeleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit | |
| accusative | nom. | Mikkeli | Mikkelit |
| gen. | Mikkelin | ||
| genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkelien Mikkeleiden Mikkeleitten | |
| partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkeleitä Mikkelejä | |
| inessive | Mikkelissä | Mikkeleissä | |
| elative | Mikkelistä | Mikkeleistä | |
| illative | Mikkeliin | Mikkeleihin | |
| adessive | Mikkelillä | Mikkeleillä | |
| ablative | Mikkeliltä | Mikkeleiltä | |
| allative | Mikkelille | Mikkeleille | |
| essive | Mikkelinä | Mikkeleinä | |
| translative | Mikkeliksi | Mikkeleiksi | |
| abessive | Mikkelittä | Mikkeleittä | |
| instructive | — | Mikkelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Statistics
- The given name Mikkeli belongs as a middle name to 10 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Mikkeli belongs to 29 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Ingrian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmikːeli/,
- Rhymes: -ikːelʲ, -ikːeli
- Hyphenation: Mik‧ke‧li
Proper noun
Mikkeli
- a male given name, equivalent to English Michael
- (Christianity) Michaelmas (feast on 21 November)
Declension
| Declension of Mikkeli (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Mikkeli | Mikkelit |
| genitive | Mikkelin | Mikkeliin, Mikkelilöin |
| partitive | Mikkeliä | Mikkelijä, Mikkelilöjä |
| illative | Mikkelii | Mikkelii, Mikkelilöihe |
| inessive | Mikkeliis | Mikkeliis, Mikkelilöis |
| elative | Mikkelist | Mikkeliist, Mikkelilöist |
| allative | Mikkelille | Mikkeliille, Mikkelilöille |
| adessive | Mikkeliil | Mikkeliil, Mikkelilöil |
| ablative | Mikkelilt | Mikkeliilt, Mikkelilöilt |
| translative | Mikkeliks | Mikkeliiks, Mikkelilöiks |
| essive | Mikkelinnä, Mikkeliin | Mikkeliinnä, Mikkelilöinnä, Mikkeliin, Mikkelilöin |
| exessive1) | Mikkelint | Mikkeliint, Mikkelilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310