Saarenmaa

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Finnish

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Etymology

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saaren +‎ maa. Sense "Saaremaa" is a calque of Estonian Saaremaa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrenˌmɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ːre̞mˌmɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation(key): Saaren‧maa

Proper noun

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Saarenmaa

  1. Saaremaa
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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Inflection of Saarenmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative Saarenmaa Saarenmaat
genitive Saarenmaan Saarenmaiden
Saarenmaitten
partitive Saarenmaata Saarenmaita
illative Saarenmaahan Saarenmaihin
singular plural
nominative Saarenmaa Saarenmaat
accusative nom. Saarenmaa Saarenmaat
gen. Saarenmaan
genitive Saarenmaan Saarenmaiden
Saarenmaitten
partitive Saarenmaata Saarenmaita
inessive Saarenmaassa Saarenmaissa
elative Saarenmaasta Saarenmaista
illative Saarenmaahan Saarenmaihin
adessive Saarenmaalla Saarenmailla
ablative Saarenmaalta Saarenmailta
allative Saarenmaalle Saarenmaille
essive Saarenmaana Saarenmaina
translative Saarenmaaksi Saarenmaiksi
abessive Saarenmaatta Saarenmaitta
instructive Saarenmain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Saarenmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

Statistics

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  • Saarenmaa is the 2942nd (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 267 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From saaren (of an island) +‎ maa (land). Akin to Finnish Saarenmaa and Estonian Saaremaa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrenˌmɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑːrəmˌmɑː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrenˌmɑː/, [ˈʃɑːre̞mˌmɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: Saa‧ren‧maa

Proper noun

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Saarenmaa

  1. Synonym of Seitsekaarto

Declension

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Declension of Saarenmaa (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Saarenmaa
genitive Saarenmaan
partitive Saarenmaata
illative Saarenmaaha
inessive Saarenmaas
elative Saarenmaast
allative Saarenmaalle
adessive Saarenmaal
ablative Saarenmaalt
translative Saarenmaaks
essive Saarenmaanna, Saarenmaan
exessive1) Saarenmaant
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

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 512