oppikoulu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]oppi (“study”) + koulu (“school”). Coined by Finnish author and journalist Pietari Hannikainen in 1845.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈopːiˌkou̯lu/, [ˈo̞pːiˌko̞u̯lu]
- Rhymes: -oulu
- Syllabification(key): op‧pi‧kou‧lu
- Hyphenation(key): oppi‧koulu
Noun
[edit]oppikoulu
- (historically) an eight-year-long grammar school after the four-year-long kansakoulu and passing an exam as part of a historical Finnish school system
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of oppikoulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oppikoulu | oppikoulut | |
| genitive | oppikoulun | oppikoulujen | |
| partitive | oppikoulua | oppikouluja | |
| illative | oppikouluun | oppikouluihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oppikoulu | oppikoulut | |
| accusative | nom. | oppikoulu | oppikoulut |
| gen. | oppikoulun | ||
| genitive | oppikoulun | oppikoulujen | |
| partitive | oppikoulua | oppikouluja | |
| inessive | oppikoulussa | oppikouluissa | |
| elative | oppikoulusta | oppikouluista | |
| illative | oppikouluun | oppikouluihin | |
| adessive | oppikoululla | oppikouluilla | |
| ablative | oppikoululta | oppikouluilta | |
| allative | oppikoululle | oppikouluille | |
| essive | oppikouluna | oppikouluina | |
| translative | oppikouluksi | oppikouluiksi | |
| abessive | oppikoulutta | oppikouluitta | |
| instructive | — | oppikouluin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oppikoulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023