Raija
Finnish
Etymology
A 20th century invention, from a Russian pet form of Raisa, or formed by rhyming with the traditional names Maija and Kaija.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɑijːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑijːɑ
- Hyphenation: Rai‧ja
Proper noun
Raija
- A female given name.
- 1967 Hannu Salama, Minä, Olli ja Orvokki, Otava, →ISBN, page 155:
- ―Mää hommasin hyvän naisen sulle.
- ―Jaha. Mikä sen nimi on?
- ―Se on Raija, hän sanoi painokkaasti.
- ―Vai Raija. Nätti nimi.
- 1967 Hannu Salama, Minä, Olli ja Orvokki, Otava, →ISBN, page 155:
Usage notes
- Popular in Finland in the 1940s and the 1950s.
Declension
| Inflection of Raija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Raija | Raijat | |
| genitive | Raijan | Raijojen | |
| partitive | Raijaa | Raijoja | |
| illative | Raijaan | Raijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Raija | Raijat | |
| accusative | nom. | Raija | Raijat |
| gen. | Raijan | ||
| genitive | Raijan | Raijojen Raijainrare | |
| partitive | Raijaa | Raijoja | |
| inessive | Raijassa | Raijoissa | |
| elative | Raijasta | Raijoista | |
| illative | Raijaan | Raijoihin | |
| adessive | Raijalla | Raijoilla | |
| ablative | Raijalta | Raijoilta | |
| allative | Raijalle | Raijoille | |
| essive | Raijana | Raijoina | |
| translative | Raijaksi | Raijoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Raijoin | |
| abessive | Raijatta | Raijoitta | |
| comitative | — | Raijoineen | |
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