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Marika
Marika
Estonian
Etymology
From Hungarian Marika in the 20th century.
Proper noun
Marika
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Popular in Estonia in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Hungarian Marika in the 20th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɑrikɑ]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ka
Proper noun
Marika
- A female given name.
- 2010 Ritva Kokkola, Palasin kynnykseltä. Novelleja, Myllylahti Oy, ISBN 978-952-202-203-5, pages 86-87:
- Maija-täti sanoi, että heillä päin koirille ei annettu vierasmaalaisia nimiä. Eikä tietysti lapsillekaan. Sitten kun olin käynyt rippikoulun, minua pyydettiin kummiksi. Ehdotin vauvan nimeksi Annea tai Heidiä tai Marikaa. Koulun takia en päässyt ristiäisiin. Pari viikkoa myöhemmin sain valokuvan , johon oli kirjoitettu Kummitädille Eilalta.
- 2010 Ritva Kokkola, Palasin kynnykseltä. Novelleja, Myllylahti Oy, ISBN 978-952-202-203-5, pages 86-87:
Declension
| Inflection of Marika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Marika | Marikat | |
| genitive | Marikan | Marikoiden Marikoitten |
|
| partitive | Marikaa | Marikoita | |
| illative | Marikaan | Marikoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Marika | Marikat | |
| accusative | nom. | Marika | Marikat |
| gen. | Marikan | ||
| genitive | Marikan | Marikoiden Marikoitten Marikainrare |
|
| partitive | Marikaa | Marikoita | |
| inessive | Marikassa | Marikoissa | |
| elative | Marikasta | Marikoista | |
| illative | Marikaan | Marikoihin | |
| adessive | Marikalla | Marikoilla | |
| ablative | Marikalta | Marikoilta | |
| allative | Marikalle | Marikoille | |
| essive | Marikana | Marikoina | |
| translative | Marikaksi | Marikoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Marikoin | |
| abessive | Marikatta | Marikoitta | |
| comitative | — | Marikoineen | |
Usage notes
- Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s, often as a middle name.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Mari (“diminutive of Mária”) + -ka (“diminutive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒrikɒ]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ka
Proper noun
Marika
- A diminutive of the female given name Mária.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Marika | Marikák |
| accusative | Marikát | Marikákat |
| dative | Marikának | Marikáknak |
| instrumental | Marikával | Marikákkal |
| causal-final | Marikáért | Marikákért |
| translative | Marikává | Marikákká |
| terminative | Marikáig | Marikákig |
| essive-formal | Marikaként | Marikákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Marikában | Marikákban |
| superessive | Marikán | Marikákon |
| adessive | Marikánál | Marikáknál |
| illative | Marikába | Marikákba |
| sublative | Marikára | Marikákra |
| allative | Marikához | Marikákhoz |
| elative | Marikából | Marikákból |
| delative | Marikáról | Marikákról |
| ablative | Marikától | Marikáktól |
| Possessive forms of Marika | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Marikám | Marikáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Marikád | Marikáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Marikája | Marikái |
| 1st person plural | Marikánk | Marikáink |
| 2nd person plural | Marikátok | Marikáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Marikájuk | Marikáik |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1845. From Hungarian Marika.
Proper noun
Marika f
- A female given name.