kulissi
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish kuliss, from French coulisse.
Noun
kulissi
- (theater) scene, stage, act
- Mira ei ole tyttökaverini. Se on pelkkää kulissia.
- Mira isn't my girlfriend. It's all just an act.
- Täytyy yrittää pitää yllä kulisseja.
- Gotta try to keep up the act.
- kulissien takana
- Mira ei ole tyttökaverini. Se on pelkkää kulissia.
Declension
Inflection of kulissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kulissi | kulissit | ||
genitive | kulissin | kulissien | ||
partitive | kulissia | kulisseja | ||
illative | kulissiin | kulisseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kulissi | kulissit | ||
accusative | nom. | kulissi | kulissit | |
gen. | kulissin | |||
genitive | kulissin | kulissien | ||
partitive | kulissia | kulisseja | ||
inessive | kulississa | kulisseissa | ||
elative | kulissista | kulisseista | ||
illative | kulissiin | kulisseihin | ||
adessive | kulissilla | kulisseilla | ||
ablative | kulissilta | kulisseilta | ||
allative | kulissille | kulisseille | ||
essive | kulissina | kulisseina | ||
translative | kulissiksi | kulisseiksi | ||
abessive | kulissitta | kulisseitta | ||
instructive | — | kulissein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN