Mielikki
Appearance
See also: mielikki
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the pre-Christian given name element corresponding to modern Finnish mieli (“mind”) + -ikki; also interpreted as mielikki (“favorite”). Cognate with Estonian Meelike.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mielikki
- (Finnic mythology) Finnish goddess of the forest.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:45-50:
- Mielikki, metsän emäntä! / Puhas muori, muoto kaunis! / Pane kulta kulkemahan, / Hopea vaeltamahan / Miehen etsivän etehen, / Anelijan askelille!
- Mielikki, the forest mistress, / Fair of figure, clear-skinned matron! / Set your golden game in motion! / Let your silver come before me / On the pathway of the hunter, / On the footsteps of the seeker.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:45-50:
- (rare as a first name) a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Mielikki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | Mielikki | Mielikit | |
genitive | Mielikin | Mielikkien | |
partitive | Mielikkiä | Mielikkejä | |
illative | Mielikkiin | Mielikkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Mielikki | Mielikit | |
accusative | nom. | Mielikki | Mielikit |
gen. | Mielikin | ||
genitive | Mielikin | Mielikkien | |
partitive | Mielikkiä | Mielikkejä | |
inessive | Mielikissä | Mielikeissä | |
elative | Mielikistä | Mielikeistä | |
illative | Mielikkiin | Mielikkeihin | |
adessive | Mielikillä | Mielikeillä | |
ablative | Mielikiltä | Mielikeiltä | |
allative | Mielikille | Mielikeille | |
essive | Mielikkinä | Mielikkeinä | |
translative | Mielikiksi | Mielikeiksi | |
abessive | Mielikittä | Mielikeittä | |
instructive | — | Mielikein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- The given name Mielikki belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 318 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ikki
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielikːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielikːi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Finnic mythology
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals