Laina
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See also: laina
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
< laina (“loan”), with the philosophy that children are but a loan to their parents, and because the word is shaped like a female name.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laina
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Laina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Laina | Lainat | ||
genitive | Lainan | Lainojen | ||
partitive | Lainaa | Lainoja | ||
illative | Lainaan | Lainoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Laina | Lainat | ||
accusative | nom. | Laina | Lainat | |
gen. | Lainan | |||
genitive | Lainan | Lainojen Lainain rare | ||
partitive | Lainaa | Lainoja | ||
inessive | Lainassa | Lainoissa | ||
elative | Lainasta | Lainoista | ||
illative | Lainaan | Lainoihin | ||
adessive | Lainalla | Lainoilla | ||
ablative | Lainalta | Lainoilta | ||
allative | Lainalle | Lainoille | ||
essive | Lainana | Lainoina | ||
translative | Lainaksi | Lainoiksi | ||
abessive | Lainatta | Lainoitta | ||
instructive | — | Lainoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- Laina is the 445th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 858 female individuals (and as a middle name to 437 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.