Anita
See also: anita
English
Proper noun
Anita
- A female given name.
- 1906 McClure's Magazine, S.S. McClure Limited, volume 27, page 425:
- My Aunt said she had some sense of the fitness of things and that she could not call a great, fat, quiet, blonde child a little, quick, dark name like Anita, and it wasn't what my mother had named me anyway.
- 1906 McClure's Magazine, S.S. McClure Limited, volume 27, page 425:
Usage notes
Adopted as a formal given name in many European countries in the 19th century due to the fame of Anita (born Ana Maria), the Brazilian born wife of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Translations
Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Anita: Anituson
- daughter of Anita: Anitudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Anita |
Accusative | Anitu |
Dative | Anitu |
Genitive | Anitu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɑnitɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑnitɑ
- Hyphenation: A‧ni‧ta
Proper noun
Anita
- A female given name.
- 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:
- Eräänä Annan päivänä 1960-luvulla ylilääkäri Alivirta oli pistäytynyt osastolla toivottamassa kaikille juhlijoille hyvää nimipäivää. Tuolloin Prinsessa oli oikaissut Isä Paavalia ja todennut, että hän oli oikeastaan Anita. Hän piti Annaa hieman rahvaanomaisena ja vanhahtavana etunimenä.
- 2010 Ilkka Raitasuo - Terhi Siltala, Kellokosken prinsessa, Like Kustannus Oy, →ISBN, page 211:
Declension
Inflection of Anita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Anita | Anitat | |
genitive | Anitan | Anitojen | |
partitive | Anitaa | Anitoja | |
illative | Anitaan | Anitoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Anita | Anitat | |
accusative | nom. | Anita | Anitat |
gen. | Anitan | ||
genitive | Anitan | Anitojen Anitainrare | |
partitive | Anitaa | Anitoja | |
inessive | Anitassa | Anitoissa | |
elative | Anitasta | Anitoista | |
illative | Anitaan | Anitoihin | |
adessive | Anitalla | Anitoilla | |
ablative | Anitalta | Anitoilta | |
allative | Anitalle | Anitoille | |
essive | Anitana | Anitoina | |
translative | Anitaksi | Anitoiksi | |
instructive | — | Anitoin | |
abessive | Anitatta | Anitoitta | |
comitative | — | Anitoineen |
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ni.ta/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈniːta/
Usage notes
- Popular in the beginning of the 20th century.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒnitɒ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ani‧ta
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Anita | Aniták |
accusative | Anitát | Anitákat |
dative | Anitának | Anitáknak |
instrumental | Anitával | Anitákkal |
causal-final | Anitáért | Anitákért |
translative | Anitává | Anitákká |
terminative | Anitáig | Anitákig |
essive-formal | Anitaként | Anitákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Anitában | Anitákban |
superessive | Anitán | Anitákon |
adessive | Anitánál | Anitáknál |
illative | Anitába | Anitákba |
sublative | Anitára | Anitákra |
allative | Anitához | Anitákhoz |
elative | Anitából | Anitákból |
delative | Anitáról | Anitákról |
ablative | Anitától | Anitáktól |
Possessive forms of Anita | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Anitám | Anitáim |
2nd person sing. | Anitád | Anitáid |
3rd person sing. | Anitája | Anitái |
1st person plural | Anitánk | Anitáink |
2nd person plural | Anitátok | Anitáitok |
3rd person plural | Anitájuk | Anitáik |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians at the end of the 19th century. From Spanish Anita.
Related terms
Norwegian
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈni.tɐ/
Spanish
Proper noun
Anita f
- A diminutive of the female given name Ana.
- A female given name used in Latin America.
Swedish
Usage notes
- Popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 60 446 females with the given name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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