rippipuku
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
rippi (“confirmation”) + puku (“suit, dress”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rippipuku
- Literally, the suit a young man wears in his confirmation (sense: sacrament).
- A man's first suit; often used mockingly of a suit that is too small for the wearer.
Declension edit
Inflection of rippipuku (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rippipuku | rippipuvut | ||
genitive | rippipuvun | rippipukujen | ||
partitive | rippipukua | rippipukuja | ||
illative | rippipukuun | rippipukuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rippipuku | rippipuvut | ||
accusative | nom. | rippipuku | rippipuvut | |
gen. | rippipuvun | |||
genitive | rippipuvun | rippipukujen | ||
partitive | rippipukua | rippipukuja | ||
inessive | rippipuvussa | rippipuvuissa | ||
elative | rippipuvusta | rippipuvuista | ||
illative | rippipukuun | rippipukuihin | ||
adessive | rippipuvulla | rippipuvuilla | ||
ablative | rippipuvulta | rippipuvuilta | ||
allative | rippipuvulle | rippipuvuille | ||
essive | rippipukuna | rippipukuina | ||
translative | rippipuvuksi | rippipuvuiksi | ||
abessive | rippipuvutta | rippipuvuitta | ||
instructive | — | rippipuvuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “rippipuku”, 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