Meri
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "meri"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- A language of Cameroon.
Further reading
[edit]- Ethnologue entry for Meri, meq
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- A diminutive of the female given name Merida.
Anagrams
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- a surname
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meri (“sea”) at the end of the 19th century. The given name is also a variant of Meeri, from English Mary.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- a female given name
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension
[edit]As a given name:
Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Meri | Merit | |
genitive | Merin | Merien | |
partitive | Meriä | Merejä | |
illative | Meriin | Mereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Meri | Merit | |
accusative | nom. | Meri | Merit |
gen. | Merin | ||
genitive | Merin | Merien | |
partitive | Meriä | Merejä | |
inessive | Merissä | Mereissä | |
elative | Meristä | Mereistä | |
illative | Meriin | Mereihin | |
adessive | Merillä | Mereillä | |
ablative | Meriltä | Mereiltä | |
allative | Merille | Mereille | |
essive | Merinä | Mereinä | |
translative | Meriksi | Mereiksi | |
abessive | Merittä | Mereittä | |
instructive | — | Merein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
As a surname:
Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Meri | Meret | |
genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | |
partitive | Merta | Meriä | |
illative | Mereen | Meriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Meri | Meret | |
accusative | nom. | Meri | Meret |
gen. | Meren | ||
genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | |
partitive | Merta | Meriä | |
inessive | Meressä | Merissä | |
elative | Merestä | Meristä | |
illative | Mereen | Meriin | |
adessive | Merellä | Merillä | |
ablative | Mereltä | Meriltä | |
allative | Merelle | Merille | |
essive | Merenä | Merinä | |
translative | Mereksi | Meriksi | |
abessive | Merettä | Merittä | |
instructive | — | Merin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Statistics
[edit]- Meri is the 190th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,322 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,564 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Meri belongs to 248 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Maori
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- Mary (biblical)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Related terms
[edit]- Mere (more common given name form)
Marshallese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Meri
- (bibilical, given name) Mary
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meri, plural of măr (“apple tree”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Meri m
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