Sanelma
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]19th century creation from sanelma, from the verb sanella (“dictate”), probably in the sense "a story, poem" (the product of dictation).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sanelma
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sanelma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sanelma | Sanelmat | |
genitive | Sanelman | Sanelmien | |
partitive | Sanelmaa | Sanelmia | |
illative | Sanelmaan | Sanelmiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sanelma | Sanelmat | |
accusative | nom. | Sanelma | Sanelmat |
gen. | Sanelman | ||
genitive | Sanelman | Sanelmien Sanelmain rare | |
partitive | Sanelmaa | Sanelmia | |
inessive | Sanelmassa | Sanelmissa | |
elative | Sanelmasta | Sanelmista | |
illative | Sanelmaan | Sanelmiin | |
adessive | Sanelmalla | Sanelmilla | |
ablative | Sanelmalta | Sanelmilta | |
allative | Sanelmalle | Sanelmille | |
essive | Sanelmana | Sanelmina | |
translative | Sanelmaksi | Sanelmiksi | |
abessive | Sanelmatta | Sanelmitta | |
instructive | — | Sanelmin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Sanelma is the 960th (tied with 5 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 176 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,450 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.