Marfa

See also: marfa and marfă

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ма́рфа (Márfa). Doublet of Martha. The town is named after a character in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹfə/

Proper noun

Marfa

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марфа (Marfa).
2. A city, the county seat of Presidio County, in far West Texas.

Derived terms

• Marfa front
• Marfa light, Marfa ghost light

 

Anagrams

• Frama

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Марфа (Marfa).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrfɑ/, [ˈmɑrf]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrfɑ/, [ˈmɑrfɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrf, -ɑrfɑ
• Hyphenation: Mar‧fa

Proper noun

Marfa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Martha

Declension

Declension of Marfa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Marfa	Marfat
genitive	Marfan	Marfoin
partitive	Marfaa	Marfoja
illative	Marfaa	Marfoi
inessive	Marfaas	Marfois
elative	Marfast	Marfoist
allative	Marfalle	Marfoille
adessive	Marfaal	Marfoil
ablative	Marfalt	Marfoilt
translative	Marfaks	Marfoiks
essive	Marfanna, Marfaan	Marfoinna, Marfoin
exessive1)	Marfant	Marfoint
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 296