rippikoulu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rippikoulu
- (Christianity) Literally, a confirmation school; in the Finnish Lutheran tradition, religious classes that a person is required to complete before being allowed a Christian wedding or being accepted to become a godparent. It normally consists of 80 hours of teaching and is done at the age of 15. At the end of rippikoulu the children receive the confirmation.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of rippikoulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rippikoulu | rippikoulut | |
genitive | rippikoulun | rippikoulujen | |
partitive | rippikoulua | rippikouluja | |
illative | rippikouluun | rippikouluihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rippikoulu | rippikoulut | |
accusative | nom. | rippikoulu | rippikoulut |
gen. | rippikoulun | ||
genitive | rippikoulun | rippikoulujen | |
partitive | rippikoulua | rippikouluja | |
inessive | rippikoulussa | rippikouluissa | |
elative | rippikoulusta | rippikouluista | |
illative | rippikouluun | rippikouluihin | |
adessive | rippikoululla | rippikouluilla | |
ablative | rippikoululta | rippikouluilta | |
allative | rippikoululle | rippikouluille | |
essive | rippikouluna | rippikouluina | |
translative | rippikouluksi | rippikouluiksi | |
abessive | rippikoulutta | rippikouluitta | |
instructive | — | rippikouluin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “rippikoulu”, 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