esirippu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]esi- (“fore-”) + rippua (“to hang”, dialectal form of riippua) + -u. Coined by Finnish author and journalist Pietari Hannikainen in 1845.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]esirippu
- curtain (piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of esirippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | esirippu | esiriput | ||
genitive | esiripun | esirippujen | ||
partitive | esirippua | esirippuja | ||
illative | esirippuun | esirippuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | esirippu | esiriput | ||
accusative | nom. | esirippu | esiriput | |
gen. | esiripun | |||
genitive | esiripun | esirippujen | ||
partitive | esirippua | esirippuja | ||
inessive | esiripussa | esiripuissa | ||
elative | esiripusta | esiripuista | ||
illative | esirippuun | esirippuihin | ||
adessive | esiripulla | esiripuilla | ||
ablative | esiripulta | esiripuilta | ||
allative | esiripulle | esiripuille | ||
essive | esirippuna | esirippuina | ||
translative | esiripuksi | esiripuiksi | ||
abessive | esiriputta | esiripuitta | ||
instructive | — | esiripuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esirippu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02