Saari
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Finnish
Etymology
From saari (“island”). The surname is partly transferred from place names, partly adopted by many families at the turn of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Saari
- a Finnish surname from landscape
- A former municipality of South Karelia, Finland, merged with Parikkala alongside Uukuniemi in 2005.
- Any of a number of small places in Finland.
Declension
- (former municipality): The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Saari" is Saarella.
| Inflection of Saari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saari | Saaret | |
| genitive | Saaren | Saarten Saarien | |
| partitive | Saarta | Saaria | |
| illative | Saareen | Saariin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saari | Saaret | |
| accusative | nom. | Saari | Saaret |
| gen. | Saaren | ||
| genitive | Saaren | Saarten Saarien | |
| partitive | Saarta | Saaria | |
| inessive | Saaressa | Saarissa | |
| elative | Saaresta | Saarista | |
| illative | Saareen | Saariin | |
| adessive | Saarella | Saarilla | |
| ablative | Saarelta | Saarilta | |
| allative | Saarelle | Saarille | |
| essive | Saarena | Saarina | |
| translative | Saareksi | Saariksi | |
| abessive | Saaretta | Saaritta | |
| instructive | — | Saarin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
Statistics
- Saari is the 60th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 7,847 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Further reading
Saari (täsmennyssivu) on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From saari (“island”).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːri/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːri/,
- Rhymes: -ɑːrʲ, -ɑːri
- Hyphenation: Saa‧ri
- Homophone: saari
Proper noun
Saari
- Synonym of Krontsi (“Kronstadt”)
- Synonym of Seitsekaarto (“Seskar”)
Declension
| Declension of Saari (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Saari | — |
| genitive | Saaren | — |
| partitive | Saarta, Saart | — |
| illative | Saaree | — |
| inessive | Saarees | — |
| elative | Saarest | — |
| allative | Saarelle | — |
| adessive | Saareel | — |
| ablative | Saarelt | — |
| translative | Saareks | — |
| essive | Saarenna, Saareen | — |
| exessive1) | Saarent | — |
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 512