rippipuku
Finnish
Etymology
rippi (“confirmation”) + puku (“suit, dress”)
Noun
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
| Inflection of rippipuku (Kotus type 1/valo, k-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | rippipuvuin | |
| abessive | rippipuvutta | rippipuvuitta | |
| comitative | — | rippipukuineen | |
See also
- alba