From sulkava (“a kind of fish”), originally used in names for bodies of water.[1] The surname is from the place name.[2]
Sulkava
Inflection of Sulkava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sulkava | Sulkavat | |
genitive | Sulkavan | Sulkavien | |
partitive | Sulkavaa | Sulkavia | |
illative | Sulkavaan | Sulkaviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sulkava | Sulkavat | |
accusative | nom. | Sulkava | Sulkavat |
gen. | Sulkavan | ||
genitive | Sulkavan | Sulkavien Sulkavain rare | |
partitive | Sulkavaa | Sulkavia | |
inessive | Sulkavassa | Sulkavissa | |
elative | Sulkavasta | Sulkavista | |
illative | Sulkavaan | Sulkaviin | |
adessive | Sulkavalla | Sulkavilla | |
ablative | Sulkavalta | Sulkavilta | |
allative | Sulkavalle | Sulkaville | |
essive | Sulkavana | Sulkavina | |
translative | Sulkavaksi | Sulkaviksi | |
abessive | Sulkavatta | Sulkavitta | |
instructive | — | Sulkavin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |