rautaesirippu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English Iron Curtain; rauta + esirippu.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑˌesiˌripːu/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝ˌe̞s̠iˌripːu]
- Rhymes: -ipːu
- Hyphenation(key): rauta‧esi‧rippu
Noun
[edit]rautaesirippu
- The Iron Curtain.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of rautaesirippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | rautaesirippu | rautaesiriput | |
genitive | rautaesiripun | rautaesirippujen | |
partitive | rautaesirippua | rautaesirippuja | |
illative | rautaesirippuun | rautaesirippuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rautaesirippu | rautaesiriput | |
accusative | nom. | rautaesirippu | rautaesiriput |
gen. | rautaesiripun | ||
genitive | rautaesiripun | rautaesirippujen | |
partitive | rautaesirippua | rautaesirippuja | |
inessive | rautaesiripussa | rautaesiripuissa | |
elative | rautaesiripusta | rautaesiripuista | |
illative | rautaesirippuun | rautaesirippuihin | |
adessive | rautaesiripulla | rautaesiripuilla | |
ablative | rautaesiripulta | rautaesiripuilta | |
allative | rautaesiripulle | rautaesiripuille | |
essive | rautaesirippuna | rautaesirippuina | |
translative | rautaesiripuksi | rautaesiripuiksi | |
abessive | rautaesiriputta | rautaesiripuitta | |
instructive | — | rautaesiripuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “rautaesirippu”, 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 2023-07-03