Pirkkala
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English
Proper noun
Pirkkala
- A municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland
Translations
Finnish
Etymology
pirkka + -la, the former part of which may be from
- Swedish birkarl, or perhaps even from Old Norse birk
- from an old given name adapted from Middle Low German Biricke, Birke, Birch
- from Pirkka, an old given name from Swedish Birger
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pirkkala
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pirkkala" is Pirkkalassa.
| Inflection of Pirkkala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pirkkala | Pirkkalat | |
| genitive | Pirkkalan | Pirkkaloiden Pirkkaloitten | |
| partitive | Pirkkalaa | Pirkkaloita | |
| illative | Pirkkalaan | Pirkkaloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pirkkala | Pirkkalat | |
| accusative | nom. | Pirkkala | Pirkkalat |
| gen. | Pirkkalan | ||
| genitive | Pirkkalan | Pirkkaloiden Pirkkaloitten Pirkkalain rare | |
| partitive | Pirkkalaa | Pirkkaloita | |
| inessive | Pirkkalassa | Pirkkaloissa | |
| elative | Pirkkalasta | Pirkkaloista | |
| illative | Pirkkalaan | Pirkkaloihin | |
| adessive | Pirkkalalla | Pirkkaloilla | |
| ablative | Pirkkalalta | Pirkkaloilta | |
| allative | Pirkkalalle | Pirkkaloille | |
| essive | Pirkkalana | Pirkkaloina | |
| translative | Pirkkalaksi | Pirkkaloiksi | |
| abessive | Pirkkalatta | Pirkkaloitta | |
| instructive | — | Pirkkaloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Statistics
- The surname Pirkkala belongs to 60 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.