Imatra

English

Proper noun

Imatra

  1. A town and municipality of South Karelia, Finland

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Originally referring to the rapids (Imatrankoski); ultimate origin unknown (possibly from a lost substrate). According to Viljo Nissilä, the name may derive from earlier *Imantero or *Imanteri, perhaps from a lost given name ultimately derived from imeä.[1] Alternatively, according to Pauli Rahkonen, possibly (although not certainly) from a Uralic (Meryan-East Chudian) substrate language, where the initial component may derive from *emä (“mother”) and the latter -dra derives from *jädrä, from *jäwrä (“lake”); thus the name would initially have referred to the lake Saimaa.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈimɑtrɑ/, [ˈimɑ̝t̪rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -imɑtrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): I‧mat‧ra

Proper noun

Imatra

  1. Imatra (a town and municipality of Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Imatra" is Imatralla.

Inflection of Imatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Imatra —
genitive Imatran —
partitive Imatraa —
illative Imatraan —
singular plural
nominative Imatra —
accusative nom. Imatra —
gen. Imatran
genitive Imatran —
partitive Imatraa —
inessive Imatrassa —
elative Imatrasta —
illative Imatraan —
adessive Imatralla —
ablative Imatralta —
allative Imatralle —
essive Imatrana —
translative Imatraksi —
abessive Imatratta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Imatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Imatrani —
accusative nom. Imatrani —
gen. Imatrani
genitive Imatrani —
partitive Imatraani —
inessive Imatrassani —
elative Imatrastani —
illative Imatraani —
adessive Imatrallani —
ablative Imatraltani —
allative Imatralleni —
essive Imatranani —
translative Imatrakseni —
abessive Imatrattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Imatrasi —
accusative nom. Imatrasi —
gen. Imatrasi
genitive Imatrasi —
partitive Imatraasi —
inessive Imatrassasi —
elative Imatrastasi —
illative Imatraasi —
adessive Imatrallasi —
ablative Imatraltasi —
allative Imatrallesi —
essive Imatranasi —
translative Imatraksesi —
abessive Imatrattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Imatramme —
accusative nom. Imatramme —
gen. Imatramme
genitive Imatramme —
partitive Imatraamme —
inessive Imatrassamme —
elative Imatrastamme —
illative Imatraamme —
adessive Imatrallamme —
ablative Imatraltamme —
allative Imatrallemme —
essive Imatranamme —
translative Imatraksemme —
abessive Imatrattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Imatranne —
accusative nom. Imatranne —
gen. Imatranne
genitive Imatranne —
partitive Imatraanne —
inessive Imatrassanne —
elative Imatrastanne —
illative Imatraanne —
adessive Imatrallanne —
ablative Imatraltanne —
allative Imatrallenne —
essive Imatrananne —
translative Imatraksenne —
abessive Imatrattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Imatransa —
accusative nom. Imatransa —
gen. Imatransa
genitive Imatransa —
partitive Imatraansa —
inessive Imatrassaan
Imatrassansa
—
elative Imatrastaan
Imatrastansa
—
illative Imatraansa —
adessive Imatrallaan
Imatrallansa
—
ablative Imatraltaan
Imatraltansa
—
allative Imatralleen
Imatrallensa
—
essive Imatranaan
Imatranansa
—
translative Imatrakseen
Imatraksensa
—
abessive Imatrattaan
Imatrattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

References

  1. Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
  2. Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomeen suuntautuneiden nimistövirtausten monimuotoisuus. Muinaistutkija 1/2021. p. 18, 27–28

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