rippikoulu
Finnish
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editrippikoulu
- (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
editInflection 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