nimeä

Nimeä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun nimi, which means "name." In Finnish grammar, the partitive case is used to indicate indefiniteness, partiality, or ongoing action, and nimeä is the form that appears in those contexts for a singular, non-accusative object.

The basic inflections of nimi include nominative nimi, genitive nimen, and partitive nimeä. In the plural, the nominative is nimet, and the plural partitive is nimiä. The form nimeä therefore often appears where the object is not fully specified or where a negation is involved.

Common uses include negative statements and verb constructions that take a partitive object. For example, "Minulla ei ole nimeä" translates to "I do not have a name." It can also appear in phrases like "Anna nimeä" meaning "Give a name," where the verb governs a partitive object. The plural form nimeäikkaa is not standard; instead, plural partitive is nimiä (for example, "joitakin nimiä" = some names).

In everyday language, nimi refers to a name in the broad sense: a person’s name, a place name, a title, or a brand. Nimeä, as the partitive singular, is a grammatical form used across contexts where the object is non-specific or not fully determined and is a common feature of Finnish sentence structure.

See also: Nimi (Finnish noun and meaning), Finnish grammar, Partitive case, Accusative vs. partitive in Finnish.