rautaesirippu

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Etymology

Calque of English Iron Curtain; rauta +‎ esirippu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑˌesiˌripːu/,
  • Rhymes: -ipːu
  • Hyphenation(key): rauta‧esi‧rippu

Noun

rautaesirippu

  1. The Iron Curtain.

Declension

Inflection of rautaesirippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation)
nominative rautaesirippu rautaesiriput
genitive rautaesiripun rautaesirippujen
partitive rautaesirippua rautaesirippuja
illative rautaesirippuun rautaesirippuihin
singular plural
nominative rautaesirippu rautaesiriput
accusative nom. rautaesirippu rautaesiriput
gen. rautaesiripun
genitive rautaesiripun rautaesirippujen
partitive rautaesirippua rautaesirippuja
inessive rautaesiripussa rautaesiripuissa
elative rautaesiripusta rautaesiripuista
illative rautaesirippuun rautaesirippuihin
adessive rautaesiripulla rautaesiripuilla
ablative rautaesiripulta rautaesiripuilta
allative rautaesiripulle rautaesiripuille
essive rautaesirippuna rautaesirippuina
translative rautaesiripuksi rautaesiripuiksi
abessive rautaesiriputta rautaesiripuitta
instructive rautaesiripuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rautaesirippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation)

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