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Tekla
Tekla
Faroese
Proper noun
Tekla f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Tekla: Tekluson
- daughter of Tekla: Tekludóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Tekla |
| Accusative | Teklu |
| Dative | Teklu |
| Genitive | Teklu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈteklɑ]
- Hyphenation: Tek‧la
Proper noun
Tekla
- A female given name, cognate to English Thecla.
Declension
| Inflection of Tekla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tekla | Teklat | |
| genitive | Teklan | Teklojen | |
| partitive | Teklaa | Tekloja | |
| illative | Teklaan | Tekloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tekla | Teklat | |
| accusative | nom. | Tekla | Teklat |
| gen. | Teklan | ||
| genitive | Teklan | Teklojen Teklainrare |
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| partitive | Teklaa | Tekloja | |
| inessive | Teklassa | Tekloissa | |
| elative | Teklasta | Tekloista | |
| illative | Teklaan | Tekloihin | |
| adessive | Teklalla | Tekloilla | |
| ablative | Teklalta | Tekloilta | |
| allative | Teklalle | Tekloille | |
| essive | Teklana | Tekloina | |
| translative | Teklaksi | Tekloiksi | |
| instructive | — | Tekloin | |
| abessive | Teklatta | Tekloitta | |
| comitative | — | Tekloineen | |
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1762. Ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English Thecla.
Proper noun
Tekla f
- A female given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- Population Register of Latvia: Tekla was the only given name of 1059 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.