Saari

See also: saari and sääri

Finnish

Etymology

From saari (“island”). The surname is partly transferred from place names, partly adopted by many families at the turn of the 20th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ːri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːri
  • Syllabification(key): Saa‧ri

Proper noun

Saari

  1. a Finnish surname from landscape
  2. A former municipality of South Karelia, Finland, merged with Parikkala alongside Uukuniemi in 2005.
  3. Any of a number of small places in Finland.

Declension
  • (former municipality): The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Saari" is Saarella.
Inflection of Saari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative Saari Saaret
genitive Saaren Saarten
Saarien
partitive Saarta Saaria
illative Saareen Saariin
singular plural
nominative Saari Saaret
accusative nom. Saari Saaret
gen. Saaren
genitive Saaren Saarten
Saarien
partitive Saarta Saaria
inessive Saaressa Saarissa
elative Saaresta Saarista
illative Saareen Saariin
adessive Saarella Saarilla
ablative Saarelta Saarilta
allative Saarelle Saarille
essive Saarena Saarina
translative Saareksi Saariksi
abessive Saaretta Saaritta
instructive — Saarin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Saari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saareni Saareni
accusative nom. Saareni Saareni
gen. Saareni
genitive Saareni Saarteni
Saarieni
partitive Saartani Saariani
inessive Saaressani Saarissani
elative Saarestani Saaristani
illative Saareeni Saariini
adessive Saarellani Saarillani
ablative Saareltani Saariltani
allative Saarelleni Saarilleni
essive Saarenani Saarinani
translative Saarekseni Saarikseni
abessive Saarettani Saarittani
instructive — —
comitative — Saarineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saaresi Saaresi
accusative nom. Saaresi Saaresi
gen. Saaresi
genitive Saaresi Saartesi
Saariesi
partitive Saartasi Saariasi
inessive Saaressasi Saarissasi
elative Saarestasi Saaristasi
illative Saareesi Saariisi
adessive Saarellasi Saarillasi
ablative Saareltasi Saariltasi
allative Saarellesi Saarillesi
essive Saarenasi Saarinasi
translative Saareksesi Saariksesi
abessive Saarettasi Saarittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Saarinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saaremme Saaremme
accusative nom. Saaremme Saaremme
gen. Saaremme
genitive Saaremme Saartemme
Saariemme
partitive Saartamme Saariamme
inessive Saaressamme Saarissamme
elative Saarestamme Saaristamme
illative Saareemme Saariimme
adessive Saarellamme Saarillamme
ablative Saareltamme Saariltamme
allative Saarellemme Saarillemme
essive Saarenamme Saarinamme
translative Saareksemme Saariksemme
abessive Saarettamme Saarittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Saarinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saarenne Saarenne
accusative nom. Saarenne Saarenne
gen. Saarenne
genitive Saarenne Saartenne
Saarienne
partitive Saartanne Saarianne
inessive Saaressanne Saarissanne
elative Saarestanne Saaristanne
illative Saareenne Saariinne
adessive Saarellanne Saarillanne
ablative Saareltanne Saariltanne
allative Saarellenne Saarillenne
essive Saarenanne Saarinanne
translative Saareksenne Saariksenne
abessive Saarettanne Saarittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Saarinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Saarensa Saarensa
accusative nom. Saarensa Saarensa
gen. Saarensa
genitive Saarensa Saartensa
Saariensa
partitive Saartaan
Saartansa		 Saariaan
Saariansa
inessive Saaressaan
Saaressansa		 Saarissaan
Saarissansa
elative Saarestaan
Saarestansa		 Saaristaan
Saaristansa
illative Saareensa Saariinsa
adessive Saarellaan
Saarellansa		 Saarillaan
Saarillansa
ablative Saareltaan
Saareltansa		 Saariltaan
Saariltansa
allative Saarelleen
Saarellensa		 Saarilleen
Saarillensa
essive Saarenaan
Saarenansa		 Saarinaan
Saarinansa
translative Saarekseen
Saareksensa		 Saarikseen
Saariksensa
abessive Saarettaan
Saarettansa		 Saarittaan
Saarittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Saarineen
Saarinensa

Derived terms
compounds

Statistics
  • Saari is the 60th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 7,847 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Further reading

Saari (täsmennyssivu) on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From saari (“island”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːri/, [ˈs̠ɑːrʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːri/, [ˈʃɑːri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrʲ, -ɑːri
  • Hyphenation: Saa‧ri
  • Homophone: saari

Proper noun

Saari

  1. Synonym of Krontsi (“Kronstadt”)
  2. Synonym of Seitsekaarto (“Seskar”)

Declension
Declension of Saari (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Saari —
genitive Saaren —
partitive Saarta, Saart —
illative Saaree —
inessive Saarees —
elative Saarest —
allative Saarelle —
adessive Saareel —
ablative Saarelt —
translative Saareks —
essive Saarenna, Saareen —
exessive1) Saarent —
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 512
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