Jooseppi

Finnish

Etymology

Vernacular form of biblical Joosef (“Joseph”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjoːsepːi/, [ˈjo̞ːs̠e̞pːi]
  • Hyphenation: Joo‧sep‧pi

Proper noun

Jooseppi

  1. A male given name.
    • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
      Tuli viimein pieni poikanen, pieni piimäparta Jooseppi, avasi oven, ja sisään astui Timo taakkoinensa, äänetönnä, katsoen oikeasti, rävähtämättä eteensä.
      Finally a boy, little milk-mustached Jooseppi, came and opened the door, and in stepped Timo with his load, not saying a word and staring unblinkingly straight ahead.

Declension
Inflection of Jooseppi (Kotus type 5/risti, pp-p gradation)
nominative Jooseppi Joosepit
genitive Joosepin Jooseppien
partitive Jooseppia Jooseppeja
illative Jooseppiin Jooseppeihin
singular plural
nominative Jooseppi Joosepit
accusative nom. Jooseppi Joosepit
gen. Joosepin
genitive Joosepin Jooseppien
partitive Jooseppia Jooseppeja
inessive Joosepissa Joosepeissa
elative Joosepista Joosepeista
illative Jooseppiin Jooseppeihin
adessive Joosepilla Joosepeilla
ablative Joosepilta Joosepeilta
allative Joosepille Joosepeille
essive Jooseppina Jooseppeina
translative Joosepiksi Joosepeiksi
instructive — Joosepein
abessive Joosepitta Joosepeitta
comitative — Jooseppeineen
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