Nigulas

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) +‎ λαός (laós, “people”).

Proper noun

Nigulas

1. a surname
   • 1996, Leo Õispuu, Poliitilised arreteerimised Eestis: 1940-1988 [Political arrests in Estonia: 1940-1988], Eesti Represseeritute Registri Buroo, →ISBN, page 326:

     NIGULAS, Artur-Johannis, Hendrik s. 1891 Tartu, arr. 09.12.44 […]
     NIGULAS, Endel, Anton s. 1922 Harjumaa Anija […]

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   • 1999, Leo Õispuu, Küüditamine Eestist Venemaale [Deportation from Estonia to Russia], Eesti Represseeritute Registri Büroo, →ISBN, page 484:

     16749. Nigulas Liisbet, 1903, R5, ✝
     16750. Nigulas Rein, 1938, R5
     16751. Nigulas Vaike, 1935, R5, ✝

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   • 2010, Reigo Rosenthal, Marko Tamming, Sõda pärast rahu [war after peace], Kirjastus SE & JS, →ISBN:

     August Nigulas asus ilmselt teisel pool piiri. Tegu oli enamlaste partei liikmega aastast 1917. Järgmisel aastal tegutses Nigulas Tartus põranda all

     August Nigulas was probably on the other side of the border. He was a member of the Bolsheviks from 1917. The following year Nigulas operated underground in Tartu

2. (rare, dated) a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
   • 1965, Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei, Rahvatasujad: mälestusi ja jutustusi partisanivõitlusest [People's Reparations: Memories and Narratives of Partisan Struggle], Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, page 90:

     Mahu vallas Toomiku külas asus väike Lokotari talu. Seal elasid Õilme Lutsiku õde Aino ja ta mees Nigulas koos kolme tütrega.

     There was a small Lokotari farm in Toomiku village in Mahu municipality. Õilme Lutsik's sister Aino and her husband Nigulas lived there with their three daughters.

   • 1966, Tuudur Tamm, Need teod süüdistavad: dokumentaalteos Eesti kannatusaastast 1941 [These actions accuse: a documentary about Estonia's year of suffering in 1941], Kirjastus Kultuur, page 92:

     10. augustil, ütlesid taluomaniku Nigulas Tanki kaks täisealist poega, et nad lähevad metsa varjule, sest punased tõivad talust läbi tulla ja nad mõrvata.

     On August 10th, the two grown-up sons of the farm owner Nigulas Tanki said that they were going to hide in the forest because the Reds were going to come to the farm and kill them.

   • 1972, Alma Vaarman, Vennad Kreuksid ja nende aeg [The Kreuk brothers and their time], Eesti Raamat, →OCLC, page 267:

     Nigulas ühes vana ema ja oma noore naisega pidasid talu, kuni vanem vend Jüri ise ohjad jälle enda kätte võttis ja vennale üle maantee krundi eraldas, kuhu Nigulas ehitas maja, mille ta Kaasikuks nimetas.

     Nigulas, together with his old mother and his young wife, managed the farm until his elder brother Jüri took the reins again and allocated a plot of land for his brother across the road, where Nigulas built a house, which he called Kaasik.

   • 1988, Aadu Must, Kleio. Teaduslik-populaarne ajaloo almanahh 1988/1, Tartu Ülikool:

     Kaupmehe Nigulas Mähle poeg Hermann-Theodor (1881-1950) astus 1902. a sügsil Tartu ülikooli usuteadust õppima […]

     Hermann-Theodor (1881-1950), the son of the merchant Nigulas Mähle, entered the University of Tartu to study theology in the fall of 1902 […]

   • 1992, “Sissejuhatus Aleksander Aspelisse”, in Akadeemia, number 9, Perioodika, page 1831:

     Jätkuv vaidlus viis juhatuse (esimees Nigulas Loone) tagasiastumiseni, mida Aleksander Aspel nimetas demokraatia vähesuseks.

     The ongoing dispute led to the resignation of the board (chairman Nigulas Loone), which Aleksander Aspel called a lack of democracy.

   • 1996, Keel ja Kirjandus, number 39, Kirjastus Periodika, page 162:

     Surnud oli aatekaaslane, noorsoo- ja karskusliikumise eestvedaja, üliõpilasseltsi Veljesto liige Nigulas Käbin.

     Nigulas Käbin, a fellow student, leader of the youth and abstinence movement, member of the student society Veljesto, died.

   • 2005, “Increase in antiplatelet effects of prostaglandins by α-tocopherol and quercetin”, in Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology and Ecology, page 120:

     Gennadi Kobzar, Vilja Mardla and Nigulas Samel Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

3. (archaic) St. Nicholas
   • 1936, Richard Kleis et al., Eesti entsüklopeedia [Estonian encyclopedia], VI. MUTHER-RAKITSE, Loodus, page 213:

     Nikolaus [-a´-], rahvapäraselt Nigulas, kat. kirikus merimeeste kaitsepühak, oli arvatsvasti IV s. Myra linna (Lüükias) piiskopp, kellele omistakse palju imesid.

     Nikolaus [-a´-], popularly Nigulas, the patron saint of sailors in the catholic church, was a 4th century bishop of the city of Myra (Lycia), to whom many miracles are attributed.

   • 1964, Emakeele Selts, Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat [Yearbook of the Mother Tongue Society], volume 10, page 234:

     […] Nicolaus 1684; Nikolai XIX s. lõpp; Ko^ella, vanas keelepruugis ka Nigulas […]

     […] Nicolaus 1684; Nikolai end of 19th century; Ko^ella, in the old language also Nigulas […] )

   • 1996 [1932], Juhan Libe et al., Eesti rahva ajalugu [History of the Estonian nation], 2nd edition, J.K, page 545:

     Erilist hindamist leidsid need pühakud […] Mihkel (Michael) (29. septembril), Kadri (Katariina) (25. novembril), Nigulas (Nikolai) (6. detsembril), Toomas (21. detsembril) […]

     These saints found special appreciation […] Mihkel (Michael) (September 29th), Kadri (Catherine) (November 25th), Nigulas (Nicholas) (December 6th), Thomas (December 21th) […]

Related terms

• Klaus, Laas, Laus, Nigul, Niilas, Niilo