Naissaari
Finnish
Etymology
nainen (“woman”) + saari (“island”), "Island of females"; it is not known why but Adam of Bremen mentions the island in his chronicle of 1075-80 A.D. as "Terra feminarum".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯sˌsɑːri/, [ˈnɑi̯s̠ˌs̠ɑːri]
- Rhymes: -ɑːri
- Syllabification(key): nais‧saa‧ri
Proper noun
Naissaari
- Naissaar (island near Tallinn, Estonia)
Declension
| Inflection of Naissaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Naissaari | — | |
| genitive | Naissaaren | — | |
| partitive | Naissaarta | — | |
| illative | Naissaareen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Naissaari | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Naissaari | — |
| gen. | Naissaaren | ||
| genitive | Naissaaren | — | |
| partitive | Naissaarta | — | |
| inessive | Naissaaressa | — | |
| elative | Naissaaresta | — | |
| illative | Naissaareen | — | |
| adessive | Naissaarella | — | |
| ablative | Naissaarelta | — | |
| allative | Naissaarelle | — | |
| essive | Naissaarena | — | |
| translative | Naissaareksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Naissaaretta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Naissaari (type pieni) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Naissaareni | Naissaaremme |
| 2nd person | Naissaaresi | Naissaarenne |
| 3rd person | Naissaarensa | |