Raijas
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from raja, like the oblique stem of Rajanen (Ra(i)jas-), which would have been interpreted as a surname by scribes as part of compounds.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Raijas
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Raijas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Raijas | Raijaat | |
genitive | Raijaan | Raijaiden Raijaitten | |
partitive | Raijasta | Raijaita | |
illative | Raijaaseen | Raijaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Raijas | Raijaat | |
accusative | nom. | Raijas | Raijaat |
gen. | Raijaan | ||
genitive | Raijaan | Raijaiden Raijaitten Raijasten rare | |
partitive | Raijasta | Raijaita | |
inessive | Raijaassa | Raijaissa | |
elative | Raijaasta | Raijaista | |
illative | Raijaaseen | Raijaisiin Raijaihin rare | |
adessive | Raijaalla | Raijailla | |
ablative | Raijaalta | Raijailta | |
allative | Raijaalle | Raijaille | |
essive | Raijaana | Raijaina | |
translative | Raijaaksi | Raijaiksi | |
abessive | Raijaatta | Raijaitta | |
instructive | — | Raijain | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Raijas is the 4603rd (tied with 26 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 159 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.