nurinkurinen

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Etymology

nurin +‎ kuri +‎ -inen; kuri probably chosen more for the fact that it rhymes than because of its meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnurinˌkurinen/,
  • Rhymes: -urinen
  • Hyphenation(key): nurin‧kuri‧nen

Adjective

nurinkurinen (comparative nurinkurisempi, superlative nurinkurisin)

  1. topsy-turvy (backwards or upside-down)

Declension

Inflection of nurinkurinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative nurinkurinen nurinkuriset
genitive nurinkurisen nurinkuristen
nurinkurisien
partitive nurinkurista nurinkurisia
illative nurinkuriseen nurinkurisiin
singular plural
nominative nurinkurinen nurinkuriset
accusative nom. nurinkurinen nurinkuriset
gen. nurinkurisen
genitive nurinkurisen nurinkuristen
nurinkurisien
partitive nurinkurista nurinkurisia
inessive nurinkurisessa nurinkurisissa
elative nurinkurisesta nurinkurisista
illative nurinkuriseen nurinkurisiin
adessive nurinkurisella nurinkurisilla
ablative nurinkuriselta nurinkurisilta
allative nurinkuriselle nurinkurisille
essive nurinkurisena nurinkurisina
translative nurinkuriseksi nurinkurisiksi
abessive nurinkurisetta nurinkurisitta
instructive nurinkurisin
comitative nurinkurisine
Possessive forms of nurinkurinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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