Esa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "esa"

English

Proper noun

Esa

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ESA

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Esaias, the old biblical equivalent of English Isaiah. It has also been recorded as a diminutive of Esko and Esau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈesɑ/, [ˈe̞s̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -esɑ
  • Syllabification(key): E‧sa

Proper noun

Esa

  1. a male given name
    • 1894, Santeri Alkio, Puukkojunkkarit, WSOY, published 1981, →ISBN, page 14:
      Siinä on Karhun Esa, nuori isäntämies, puukkojunkkarien kuningas, ( - - - )
      There stood Esa Karhu, a young householder, the king of puukkojunkkaris.
    • 1966, Esti Heiniö, Sininen lankakerä, WSOY, page 93:
      (- - - ) Tuota...kuinka olikaan nimi? Taisi sen Ansa sanoa, mutta minä olin niin kovin ällistynyt."
      "Esa. Ja Ansa sanoo, että minä olen hänen esansa, ensimmäisensä."
      (- - - ) Well...what was the name again? Ansa did probably say it, but I was still too astounded to hear."
      "Esa. And Ansa said that I am her esa, her first."
    • 2007, Leena Lehtolainen, Luonas en ollutkaan, Tammi, →ISBN, page 246:
      —Jaana. Vai niin. Alla finskor heter Jaana. Esa hymyili hämmennykselle, jonka repliikki aiheutti Jaanassa. —Se on sitaatti yhdestä lukemastani novellista, jäi mieleen. Eipä Esakaan maailman harvinaisin nimi ole.
      —Mutta nykylapset eivät ole Esoja ja Jaanoja. Tyttäreni mielestä Jaana on tätinimi. Siitä kuulee heti, että nimen kantaja on yli neljänkymmenen.
      —Jaana. I see. Alla finskor heter Jaana [Swedish: All Finns are named Jaana]. Esa smiled at Jaana's confusion brought on by his words. —It's a quote from a short story I read that stuck to my mind. Esa isn't a particularly rare name either.
      —But children aren't called Esa or Jaana anymore. My daughter thinks Jaana is the name for an aunt. You can tell anyone with that name must be at least forty years old.

Declension

Inflection of Esa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Esa Esat
genitive Esan Esojen
partitive Esaa Esoja
illative Esaan Esoihin
singular plural
nominative Esa Esat
accusative nom. Esa Esat
gen. Esan
genitive Esan Esojen
Esainrare
partitive Esaa Esoja
inessive Esassa Esoissa
elative Esasta Esoista
illative Esaan Esoihin
adessive Esalla Esoilla
ablative Esalta Esoilta
allative Esalle Esoille
essive Esana Esoina
translative Esaksi Esoiksi
abessive Esatta Esoitta
instructive Esoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Esa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Esani Esani
accusative nom. Esani Esani
gen. Esani
genitive Esani Esojeni
Esainirare
partitive Esaani Esojani
inessive Esassani Esoissani
elative Esastani Esoistani
illative Esaani Esoihini
adessive Esallani Esoillani
ablative Esaltani Esoiltani
allative Esalleni Esoilleni
essive Esanani Esoinani
translative Esakseni Esoikseni
abessive Esattani Esoittani
instructive
comitative Esoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Esasi Esasi
accusative nom. Esasi Esasi
gen. Esasi
genitive Esasi Esojesi
Esaisirare
partitive Esaasi Esojasi
inessive Esassasi Esoissasi
elative Esastasi Esoistasi
illative Esaasi Esoihisi
adessive Esallasi Esoillasi
ablative Esaltasi Esoiltasi
allative Esallesi Esoillesi
essive Esanasi Esoinasi
translative Esaksesi Esoiksesi
abessive Esattasi Esoittasi
instructive
comitative Esoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Esamme Esamme
accusative nom. Esamme Esamme
gen. Esamme
genitive Esamme Esojemme
Esaimmerare
partitive Esaamme Esojamme
inessive Esassamme Esoissamme
elative Esastamme Esoistamme
illative Esaamme Esoihimme
adessive Esallamme Esoillamme
ablative Esaltamme Esoiltamme
allative Esallemme Esoillemme
essive Esanamme Esoinamme
translative Esaksemme Esoiksemme
abessive Esattamme Esoittamme
instructive
comitative Esoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Esanne Esanne
accusative nom. Esanne Esanne
gen. Esanne
genitive Esanne Esojenne
Esainnerare
partitive Esaanne Esojanne
inessive Esassanne Esoissanne
elative Esastanne Esoistanne
illative Esaanne Esoihinne
adessive Esallanne Esoillanne
ablative Esaltanne Esoiltanne
allative Esallenne Esoillenne
essive Esananne Esoinanne
translative Esaksenne Esoiksenne
abessive Esattanne Esoittanne
instructive
comitative Esoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Esansa Esansa
accusative nom. Esansa Esansa
gen. Esansa
genitive Esansa Esojensa
Esainsarare
partitive Esaansa Esojaan
Esojansa
inessive Esassaan
Esassansa
Esoissaan
Esoissansa
elative Esastaan
Esastansa
Esoistaan
Esoistansa
illative Esaansa Esoihinsa
adessive Esallaan
Esallansa
Esoillaan
Esoillansa
ablative Esaltaan
Esaltansa
Esoiltaan
Esoiltansa
allative Esalleen
Esallensa
Esoilleen
Esoillensa
essive Esanaan
Esanansa
Esoinaan
Esoinansa
translative Esakseen
Esaksensa
Esoikseen
Esoiksensa
abessive Esattaan
Esattansa
Esoittaan
Esoittansa
instructive
comitative Esoineen
Esoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Statistics

  • Esa is the 37th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 16,416 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,812 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

Occitan

Proper noun

Esa f

  1. Èze
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