Senja
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Senja
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Ксе́ния (Ksénija), Latinized as Xenia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Senja
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Senja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Senja | Senjat | ||
genitive | Senjan | Senjojen | ||
partitive | Senjaa | Senjoja | ||
illative | Senjaan | Senjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Senja | Senjat | ||
accusative | nom. | Senja | Senjat | |
gen. | Senjan | |||
genitive | Senjan | Senjojen Senjain rare | ||
partitive | Senjaa | Senjoja | ||
inessive | Senjassa | Senjoissa | ||
elative | Senjasta | Senjoista | ||
illative | Senjaan | Senjoihin | ||
adessive | Senjalla | Senjoilla | ||
ablative | Senjalta | Senjoilta | ||
allative | Senjalle | Senjoille | ||
essive | Senjana | Senjoina | ||
translative | Senjaksi | Senjoiksi | ||
abessive | Senjatta | Senjoitta | ||
instructive | — | Senjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- Senja is the 217th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,699 female individuals (and as a middle name to 605 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Senja
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Senja f, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Senja f
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds with Senja use Senje-, from the Old Norse oblique Senju.
- Senjehopen
- senjeværing (“someone from Senja”)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/enjɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/enjɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Islands
- nb:Places in Troms
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Islands
- nn:Places in Troms
- nn:Places in Norway