Viipuri
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Gutnish *Wiburg, from wi (“sanctuary, sacred place”) + burg (“city, castle”). Compare Swedish Viborg (equivalent, perhaps a nativized borrowing of the Gutnish etymon), whence German Wiborg and Russian Выборг (Vyborg).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Viipuri
- Vyborg (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia; was part of Finland until 1940 and between 1941–1944)
- a Finnish surname transferred from the place name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Viipuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Viipuri | Viipurit | |
genitive | Viipurin | Viipurien Viipureiden Viipureitten | |
partitive | Viipuria | Viipureita Viipureja | |
illative | Viipuriin | Viipureihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Viipuri | Viipurit | |
accusative | nom. | Viipuri | Viipurit |
gen. | Viipurin | ||
genitive | Viipurin | Viipurien Viipureiden Viipureitten | |
partitive | Viipuria | Viipureita Viipureja | |
inessive | Viipurissa | Viipureissa | |
elative | Viipurista | Viipureista | |
illative | Viipuriin | Viipureihin | |
adessive | Viipurilla | Viipureilla | |
ablative | Viipurilta | Viipureilta | |
allative | Viipurille | Viipureille | |
essive | Viipurina | Viipureina | |
translative | Viipuriksi | Viipureiksi | |
abessive | Viipuritta | Viipureitta | |
instructive | — | Viipurein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Statistics
[edit]- The surname Viipuri belongs to 97 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋiːpuri/, [ˈʋiːpŭrʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋiːpuri/, [ˈʋiːb̥uri]
- Rhymes: -iːpurʲ, -iːpuri
- Hyphenation: Vii‧pu‧ri
Proper noun
[edit]Viipuri
- Vyborg (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
- 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Natelia, “1320. Soikkola, Mäkkylä. III 187.”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[1], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 32-34:
- Aloin linnaa lipata, // Viipurii viuhkaella, // Kolkanpään kylän kohalla.
- I started to run to the city, // To flutter towards Vyborg, // In the village of Kolgompya.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Viipuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Viipuri | — |
genitive | Viipurin | — |
partitive | Viipuria | — |
illative | Viipurii | — |
inessive | Viipuriis | — |
elative | Viipurist | — |
allative | Viipurille | — |
adessive | Viipuriil | — |
ablative | Viipurilt | — |
translative | Viipuriks | — |
essive | Viipurinna, Viipuriin | — |
exessive1) | Viipurint | — |
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
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 673
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Gutnish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Gutnish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːpuri
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːpuri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Cities in Leningrad Oblast
- fi:Cities in Russia
- fi:Places in Leningrad Oblast
- fi:Places in Russia
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish surnames from place names
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/iːpurʲ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/iːpurʲ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/iːpuri
- Rhymes:Ingrian/iːpuri/3 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian proper nouns
- izh:Cities in Leningrad Oblast
- izh:Cities in Russia
- izh:Places in Leningrad Oblast
- izh:Places in Russia
- Ingrian terms with quotations