Etymology 1
From Japanese 稲荷 (Inari).
Proper noun
Inari
- (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinɑri/, [ˈinɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -inɑri
- Syllabification(key): I‧na‧ri
Proper noun
Inari
- (uncountable) Inari (lake)
- (uncountable) Inari (municipality and its central village)
- (uncountable) Inari (asteroid)
- a female given name transferred from the place name
1917, Joel Lehtonen, Kerran kesällä, Otava, published 1972, page 75:"Paatilla makaamaan", matki surkeasti Bongman. "Maissi-rouva! Miksi ei Riissi-rouva, miksi ei suomalaisia nimiä. Ja Svea Ruusa. Miksi ei Saima, Inari, Koli..."
"Kuinka te uskallatte!" huudahti rouva Könölin.- "Lie down on the boat", Bongman pitifully repeated. "Mrs Maissi! Why not Mrs Riissi, why not Finnish names. And Svea Ruusa. Why not Saima, Inari, Koli..."
"How dare you!", Mrs Könölin shouted.
2014, Leena Kirstinä, Kirsi Kunnas―sateessa ja tuulessa, WSOY, →ISBN, pages 29–30:Kirsin ja Alilan pikkusisko Inari syntyi 24. syyskuuta 1931. Inari oli tuolloin hyvin uudenaikainen nimi, ja Kirsi ja Alila vitsailivatkin myöhemmin keskenään, että äiti oli keksinyt sen poistamalla miehensä nimestä E-kirjaimen.- Kirsi's and Alila's younger sister Inari was born on September 24, 1931. Inari was a really new naem back then, and Kirsi and Alila would go on to joke between themselves that their mother had invented the name by taking out the initial E from her husband's name.
- (dated, rare) a male given name transferred from the place name
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Inari" is Inarissa.
More information nominative, genitive ...
Inflection of Inari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) |
nominative |
Inari |
Inarit |
genitive |
Inarin |
Inarien Inareiden Inareitten |
partitive |
Inaria |
Inareita Inareja |
illative |
Inariin |
Inareihin |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inari |
Inarit |
accusative |
nom. |
Inari |
Inarit |
gen. |
Inarin |
genitive |
Inarin |
Inarien Inareiden Inareitten |
partitive |
Inaria |
Inareita Inareja |
inessive |
Inarissa |
Inareissa |
elative |
Inarista |
Inareista |
illative |
Inariin |
Inareihin |
adessive |
Inarilla |
Inareilla |
ablative |
Inarilta |
Inareilta |
allative |
Inarille |
Inareille |
essive |
Inarina |
Inareina |
translative |
Inariksi |
Inareiksi |
abessive |
Inaritta |
Inareitta |
instructive |
— |
Inarein |
comitative |
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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
first-person singular possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inarini |
Inarini |
accusative |
nom. |
Inarini |
Inarini |
gen. |
Inarini |
genitive |
Inarini |
Inarieni Inareideni Inareitteni |
partitive |
Inariani |
Inareitani Inarejani |
inessive |
Inarissani |
Inareissani |
elative |
Inaristani |
Inareistani |
illative |
Inariini |
Inareihini |
adessive |
Inarillani |
Inareillani |
ablative |
Inariltani |
Inareiltani |
allative |
Inarilleni |
Inareilleni |
essive |
Inarinani |
Inareinani |
translative |
Inarikseni |
Inareikseni |
abessive |
Inarittani |
Inareittani |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | Inareineni |
second-person singular possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inarisi |
Inarisi |
accusative |
nom. |
Inarisi |
Inarisi |
gen. |
Inarisi |
genitive |
Inarisi |
Inariesi Inareidesi Inareittesi |
partitive |
Inariasi |
Inareitasi Inarejasi |
inessive |
Inarissasi |
Inareissasi |
elative |
Inaristasi |
Inareistasi |
illative |
Inariisi |
Inareihisi |
adessive |
Inarillasi |
Inareillasi |
ablative |
Inariltasi |
Inareiltasi |
allative |
Inarillesi |
Inareillesi |
essive |
Inarinasi |
Inareinasi |
translative |
Inariksesi |
Inareiksesi |
abessive |
Inarittasi |
Inareittasi |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | Inareinesi |
first-person plural possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inarimme |
Inarimme |
accusative |
nom. |
Inarimme |
Inarimme |
gen. |
Inarimme |
genitive |
Inarimme |
Inariemme Inareidemme Inareittemme |
partitive |
Inariamme |
Inareitamme Inarejamme |
inessive |
Inarissamme |
Inareissamme |
elative |
Inaristamme |
Inareistamme |
illative |
Inariimme |
Inareihimme |
adessive |
Inarillamme |
Inareillamme |
ablative |
Inariltamme |
Inareiltamme |
allative |
Inarillemme |
Inareillemme |
essive |
Inarinamme |
Inareinamme |
translative |
Inariksemme |
Inareiksemme |
abessive |
Inarittamme |
Inareittamme |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | Inareinemme |
second-person plural possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inarinne |
Inarinne |
accusative |
nom. |
Inarinne |
Inarinne |
gen. |
Inarinne |
genitive |
Inarinne |
Inarienne Inareidenne Inareittenne |
partitive |
Inarianne |
Inareitanne Inarejanne |
inessive |
Inarissanne |
Inareissanne |
elative |
Inaristanne |
Inareistanne |
illative |
Inariinne |
Inareihinne |
adessive |
Inarillanne |
Inareillanne |
ablative |
Inariltanne |
Inareiltanne |
allative |
Inarillenne |
Inareillenne |
essive |
Inarinanne |
Inareinanne |
translative |
Inariksenne |
Inareiksenne |
abessive |
Inarittanne |
Inareittanne |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | Inareinenne |
third-person possessor |
|
singular |
plural |
nominative |
Inarinsa |
Inarinsa |
accusative |
nom. |
Inarinsa |
Inarinsa |
gen. |
Inarinsa |
genitive |
Inarinsa |
Inariensa Inareidensa Inareittensa |
partitive |
Inariaan Inariansa |
Inareitaan Inarejaan Inareitansa Inarejansa |
inessive |
Inarissaan Inarissansa |
Inareissaan Inareissansa |
elative |
Inaristaan Inaristansa |
Inareistaan Inareistansa |
illative |
Inariinsa |
Inareihinsa |
adessive |
Inarillaan Inarillansa |
Inareillaan Inareillansa |
ablative |
Inariltaan Inariltansa |
Inareiltaan Inareiltansa |
allative |
Inarilleen Inarillensa |
Inareilleen Inareillensa |
essive |
Inarinaan Inarinansa |
Inareinaan Inareinansa |
translative |
Inarikseen Inariksensa |
Inareikseen Inareiksensa |
abessive |
Inarittaan Inarittansa |
Inareittaan Inareittansa |
instructive |
— |
— |
comitative |
— | Inareineen Inareinensa |
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Statistics
- Inari is the 468th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 798 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,160 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 22 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.