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Ilona
Ilona
See also: ilona
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona at the turn of the 20th century.
Proper noun
Ilona
- A female given name.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian Ilona. By folk etymology confused with Finnish ilona (“as a joy”) as in Tämä lapsi on meille ilona "This child is a joy to us".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈilonɑ]
- Hyphenation: I‧lo‧na
Proper noun
Ilona
- A female given name.
- 1987 Kyllikki Kerola, Lauri, poikani Lauri, Kirjapaja, ISBN 9516217184, page 85-86:
- "Eikö siitä tullutkaan Ilonaa?" voivottelin hyvin sujuneen synnytyksen jälkeen. Siihen vastasi reipas lääkäri rohkaisevasti: "Tämä poika on varmasti äidilleen ja isälleen ilona."
- 1987 Kyllikki Kerola, Lauri, poikani Lauri, Kirjapaja, ISBN 9516217184, page 85-86:
Declension
| Inflection of Ilona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ilona | Ilonat | |
| genitive | Ilonan | Ilonien | |
| partitive | Ilonaa | Ilonia | |
| illative | Ilonaan | Iloniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ilona | Ilonat | |
| accusative | nom. | Ilona | Ilonat |
| gen. | Ilonan | ||
| genitive | Ilonan | Ilonien Ilonainrare |
|
| partitive | Ilonaa | Ilonia | |
| inessive | Ilonassa | Ilonissa | |
| elative | Ilonasta | Ilonista | |
| illative | Ilonaan | Iloniin | |
| adessive | Ilonalla | Ilonilla | |
| ablative | Ilonalta | Ilonilta | |
| allative | Ilonalle | Ilonille | |
| essive | Ilonana | Ilonina | |
| translative | Ilonaksi | Iloniksi | |
| instructive | — | Ilonin | |
| abessive | Ilonatta | Ilonitta | |
| comitative | — | Ilonineen | |
or
| Inflection of Ilona (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ilona | Ilonat | |
| genitive | Ilonan | Ilonoiden Ilonoitten |
|
| partitive | Ilonaa | Ilonoita | |
| illative | Ilonaan | Ilonoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ilona | Ilonat | |
| accusative | nom. | Ilona | Ilonat |
| gen. | Ilonan | ||
| genitive | Ilonan | Ilonoiden Ilonoitten Ilonainrare |
|
| partitive | Ilonaa | Ilonoita | |
| inessive | Ilonassa | Ilonoissa | |
| elative | Ilonasta | Ilonoista | |
| illative | Ilonaan | Ilonoihin | |
| adessive | Ilonalla | Ilonoilla | |
| ablative | Ilonalta | Ilonoilta | |
| allative | Ilonalle | Ilonoille | |
| essive | Ilonana | Ilonoina | |
| translative | Ilonaksi | Ilonoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Ilonoin | |
| abessive | Ilonatta | Ilonoitta | |
| comitative | — | Ilonoineen | |
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈilonɒ]
- Hyphenation: Ilo‧na
Proper noun
Ilona
- A female given name. Cognate to Helen.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Ilona | Ilonák |
| accusative | Ilonát | Ilonákat |
| dative | Ilonának | Ilonáknak |
| instrumental | Ilonával | Ilonákkal |
| causal-final | Ilonáért | Ilonákért |
| translative | Ilonává | Ilonákká |
| terminative | Ilonáig | Ilonákig |
| essive-formal | Ilonaként | Ilonákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Ilonában | Ilonákban |
| superessive | Ilonán | Ilonákon |
| adessive | Ilonánál | Ilonáknál |
| illative | Ilonába | Ilonákba |
| sublative | Ilonára | Ilonákra |
| allative | Ilonához | Ilonákhoz |
| elative | Ilonából | Ilonákból |
| delative | Ilonáról | Ilonákról |
| ablative | Ilonától | Ilonáktól |
| Possessive forms of Ilona | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Ilonám | Ilonáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Ilonád | Ilonáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Ilonája | Ilonái |
| 1st person plural | Ilonánk | Ilonáink |
| 2nd person plural | Ilonátok | Ilonáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Ilonájuk | Ilonáik |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1895. From Hungarian Ilona.
Proper noun
Ilona f
- A female given name.