Viipuri
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Vyborg when it was still part of Finland in 1936
Finnish
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Gutnish *Wiburg, from wi (“sanctuary, sacred place”) + burg (“city, castle”). Compare Swedish Viborg (equivalent, perhaps a nativized borrowing of the Gutnish etymon), whence German Wiborg and Russian Выборг (Vyborg).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Viipuri
- Vyborg (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia; was part of Finland until 1940 and between 1941–1944)
- a Finnish surname transferred from the place name
Declension
| Inflection of Viipuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Viipuri | Viipurit | |
| genitive | Viipurin | Viipurien Viipureiden Viipureitten | |
| partitive | Viipuria | Viipureita Viipureja | |
| illative | Viipuriin | Viipureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Viipuri | Viipurit | |
| accusative | nom. | Viipuri | Viipurit |
| gen. | Viipurin | ||
| genitive | Viipurin | Viipurien Viipureiden Viipureitten | |
| partitive | Viipuria | Viipureita Viipureja | |
| inessive | Viipurissa | Viipureissa | |
| elative | Viipurista | Viipureista | |
| illative | Viipuriin | Viipureihin | |
| adessive | Viipurilla | Viipureilla | |
| ablative | Viipurilta | Viipureilta | |
| allative | Viipurille | Viipureille | |
| essive | Viipurina | Viipureina | |
| translative | Viipuriksi | Viipureiksi | |
| abessive | Viipuritta | Viipureitta | |
| instructive | — | Viipurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Statistics
- The surname Viipuri belongs to 97 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Ingrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋiːpuri/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋiːpuri/,
- Rhymes: -iːpurʲ, -iːpuri
- Hyphenation: Vii‧pu‧ri
Proper noun
Viipuri
- Vyborg (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
- 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Natelia, “1320. Soikkola, Mäkkylä. III 187.”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 32-34:
- Aloin linnaa lipata, // Viipurii viuhkaella, // Kolkanpään kylän kohalla.
- I started to run to the city, // To flutter towards Vyborg, // In the village of Kolgompya.
Declension
| Declension of Viipuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Viipuri | — |
| genitive | Viipurin | — |
| partitive | Viipuria | — |
| illative | Viipurii | — |
| inessive | Viipuriis | — |
| elative | Viipurist | — |
| allative | Viipurille | — |
| adessive | Viipuriil | — |
| ablative | Viipurilt | — |
| translative | Viipuriks | — |
| essive | Viipurinna, Viipuriin | — |
| exessive1) | Viipurint | — |
| 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 673