Ilmatar
Finnish
FWOTD – 27 July 2015
Etymology
From ilma (“air”) + -tar. The given name was adopted from the Kalevala in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilmɑtɑr/
- Hyphenation: Il‧ma‧tar
Proper noun
Ilmatar
- (Finnish mythology) An air spirit and the mother of Väinämöinen in the Kalevala.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 1:107-112:
- Yksin syntyi Väinämöinen, / Ilmestyi ikirunoja / Kapehesta kantajasta, / Ilmattaresta emosta. / Olipa impi, ilman tyttö, / Kave luonnotar korea.
- Lonely born was Väinämöinen, / All alone, the poet immortal, / From the beautiful who bore him, / From his mother, Ilmatar. / She, the virgin of the air, / Beautiful maiden, Nature's girl, /
- Yksin syntyi Väinämöinen, / Ilmestyi ikirunoja / Kapehesta kantajasta, / Ilmattaresta emosta. / Olipa impi, ilman tyttö, / Kave luonnotar korea.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 1:107-112:
- A female given name.
Declension
Inflection of Ilmatar (Kotus type 32/sisar, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ilmatar | Ilmattaret | |
genitive | Ilmattaren | Ilmattarien Ilmatarten | |
partitive | Ilmatarta | Ilmattaria | |
illative | Ilmattareen | Ilmattariin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ilmatar | Ilmattaret | |
accusative | nom. | Ilmatar | Ilmattaret |
gen. | Ilmattaren | ||
genitive | Ilmattaren | Ilmattarien Ilmatarten | |
partitive | Ilmatarta | Ilmattaria | |
inessive | Ilmattaressa | Ilmattarissa | |
elative | Ilmattaresta | Ilmattarista | |
illative | Ilmattareen | Ilmattariin | |
adessive | Ilmattarella | Ilmattarilla | |
ablative | Ilmattarelta | Ilmattarilta | |
allative | Ilmattarelle | Ilmattarille | |
essive | Ilmattarena | Ilmattarina | |
translative | Ilmattareksi | Ilmattariksi | |
instructive | — | Ilmattarin | |
abessive | Ilmattaretta | Ilmattaritta | |
comitative | — | Ilmattarineen |
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