Elli
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "elli"
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of Elisabet, Elina (“Helen”) and Eleonoora (“Eleanor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elli
- a female given name
- 1840, Kanteletar:1:224 Ellin velli:
- Velli kaatui karsinahan,
Ellin lapset lakkimahan,
Elli itse itkemähän,
muu pere murajamahan.
- 1971, Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus, published 1981, →ISBN, page 523:
- —Pirun laillako minä lienen häkeltyny siinä papin eissä niin että menin sanomaan tuon tyttären nimet väärin päin...! Pijin mielessäni, että sanon Edith Elli niin kun oli puhe, mutta enkö jumaliste laukasukki kuulosalle Elli Edith. Helekkari että minua suivauttaa!
- —Did I get so damn stupefied in front of the priest that I said the names the wrong way around...! I reminded myself to say Edith Elli as we had agreed, but god damn I had blurted out Elli Edith. Gosh darn how ticked off I am!
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Elli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Elli | Ellit | |
genitive | Ellin | Ellien | |
partitive | Elliä | Ellejä | |
illative | Elliin | Elleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Elli | Ellit | |
accusative | nom. | Elli | Ellit |
gen. | Ellin | ||
genitive | Ellin | Ellien | |
partitive | Elliä | Ellejä | |
inessive | Ellissä | Elleissä | |
elative | Ellistä | Elleistä | |
illative | Elliin | Elleihin | |
adessive | Ellillä | Elleillä | |
ablative | Elliltä | Elleiltä | |
allative | Ellille | Elleille | |
essive | Ellinä | Elleinä | |
translative | Elliksi | Elleiksi | |
abessive | Ellittä | Elleittä | |
instructive | — | Ellein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Statistics
[edit]- Elli is the 102nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,615 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,008 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elli
- a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Shortened (and phonetically simplified) from Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɛlːɪ/ (usually)
- Rhymes: -ɛlːɪ
- IPA(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/ (when derived from Erlendur as pronounced /ˈɛtl(ɛ~ɪ)ntʏr/
Proper noun
[edit]Elli m (proper noun, genitive singular Ella)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From elli (“old age”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Elli f (proper noun, genitive singular Elli)
- (Norse mythology) the personification of old age as an old woman, who defeats Thor in a wrestling match
Declension
[edit]Declension of Elli (sg-only feminine)
indefinite singular | |
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nominative | Elli |
accusative | Elli |
dative | Elli |
genitive | Elli |
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- German diminutives of female given names
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlːɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlːɪ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtlɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtlɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Norse mythology