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Elina
Elina
Finnish
Etymology
Medieval variant of Helena. Equivalent to Swedish Elin and English Ellen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈelinɑ]
- Hyphenation: E‧li‧na
Proper noun
Elina
- A female given name.
- 1840 Kanteletar:3:8 Elinan surma:
- Se oli meno nuoren rouvan,
- nuoren Elina emännän,
- Jok' oli kaunis kasvoiltansa,
- kaunis kaikella tavalla.
- 1840 Kanteletar:3:8 Elinan surma:
Declension
| Inflection of Elina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Elina | Elinat | |
| genitive | Elinan | Elinoiden Elinoitten |
|
| partitive | Elinaa | Elinoita | |
| illative | Elinaan | Elinoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Elina | Elinat | |
| accusative | nom. | Elina | Elinat |
| gen. | Elinan | ||
| genitive | Elinan | Elinoiden Elinoitten Elinainrare |
|
| partitive | Elinaa | Elinoita | |
| inessive | Elinassa | Elinoissa | |
| elative | Elinasta | Elinoista | |
| illative | Elinaan | Elinoihin | |
| adessive | Elinalla | Elinoilla | |
| ablative | Elinalta | Elinoilta | |
| allative | Elinalle | Elinoille | |
| essive | Elinana | Elinoina | |
| translative | Elinaksi | Elinoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Elinoin | |
| abessive | Elinatta | Elinoitta | |
| comitative | — | Elinoineen | |
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Latinate variant of Elin.
Proper noun
Elina
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Formerly rare but becoming popular in the 2000s.
elina
elina
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *alinō, whence also Old English eln, Old Norse ǫln. Compare Latin ulna. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-.
Noun
elina f
- (anatomy) The ulna, ell
- A unit of measurement