Petteri
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Pietari (“Peter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -etːeri
- Syllabification(key): Pet‧te‧ri
Proper noun
Petteri
- a male given name
Usage notes
- A popular middle name during the second half of the 20th century.
Declension
| Inflection of Petteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit | |
| genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | |
| partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | |
| illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit | |
| accusative | nom. | Petteri | Petterit |
| gen. | Petterin | ||
| genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | |
| partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | |
| inessive | Petterissä | Pettereissä | |
| elative | Petteristä | Pettereistä | |
| illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | |
| adessive | Petterillä | Pettereillä | |
| ablative | Petteriltä | Pettereiltä | |
| allative | Petterille | Pettereille | |
| essive | Petterinä | Pettereinä | |
| translative | Petteriksi | Pettereiksi | |
| instructive | — | Petterein | |
| abessive | Petterittä | Pettereittä | |
| comitative | — | Pettereineen | |
| Possessive forms of Petteri (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Petterini | Petterimme |
| 2nd person | Petterisi | Petterinne |
| 3rd person | Petterinsä | |
Ingrian
Petteri (2).
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Petrus. The place name is a calque from Russian Питер (Piter). Akin to Finnish Pietari, Petteri.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːər]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -etːeri
- Hyphenation: pet‧te‧ri
Proper noun
Petteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- Saint Petersburg (a major city in Russia)
Declension
| Declension of Petteri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit |
| genitive | Petterin | Petteriin, Petterilöin |
| partitive | Petteriä | Petterijä, Petterilöjä |
| illative | Petterii | Petterii, Petterilöihe |
| inessive | Petteriis | Petteriis, Petterilöis |
| elative | Petterist | Petteriist, Petterilöist |
| allative | Petterille | Petteriille, Petterilöille |
| adessive | Petteriil | Petteriil, Petterilöil |
| ablative | Petterilt | Petteriilt, Petterilöilt |
| translative | Petteriks | Petteriiks, Petterilöiks |
| essive | Petterinnä, Petteriin | Petteriinnä, Petterilöinnä, Petteriin, Petterilöin |
| exessive1) | Petterint | Petteriint, Petterilöint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
- (name): Pedro
- (historical): Leningrad
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 404
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 74