kulissi

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish kuliss, from French coulisse.

Noun

kulissi

  1. (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
    behind the scenes

Declension
Inflection of kulissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive — kulissein
abessive kulissitta kulisseitta
comitative — kulisseineen

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
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