mankeli

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish mangel, from German Mangel.

Pronunciation

Noun

mankeli

  1. mangle (device with rollers for smoothing flat textiles such as bedsheets, tableclothes)
  2. (dated) wringer (device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed)
  3. (informal, dated) credit card imprinter; knuckle-buster, zip-zap machine (mechanical device for imprinting the data embossed on a credit card on a receipt)
    Synonyms: höylä, leimauslaite
  4. (figuratively) tight spot, dire straits, wringer (difficult situation or process that one has to go through)
    He todella vetivät jokaisen hakijan mankelin läpi ennen valintaa.
    They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.

Declension

Inflection of mankeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative mankeli mankelit
genitive mankelin mankelien
mankeleiden
mankeleitten
partitive mankelia mankeleita
mankeleja
illative mankeliin mankeleihin
singular plural
nominative mankeli mankelit
accusative nom. mankeli mankelit
gen. mankelin
genitive mankelin mankelien
mankeleiden
mankeleitten
partitive mankelia mankeleita
mankeleja
inessive mankelissa mankeleissa
elative mankelista mankeleista
illative mankeliin mankeleihin
adessive mankelilla mankeleilla
ablative mankelilta mankeleilta
allative mankelille mankeleille
essive mankelina mankeleina
translative mankeliksi mankeleiksi
abessive mankelitta mankeleitta
instructive mankelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mankeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mankelini mankelini
accusative nom. mankelini mankelini
gen. mankelini
genitive mankelini mankelieni
mankeleideni
mankeleitteni
partitive mankeliani mankeleitani
mankelejani
inessive mankelissani mankeleissani
elative mankelistani mankeleistani
illative mankeliini mankeleihini
adessive mankelillani mankeleillani
ablative mankeliltani mankeleiltani
allative mankelilleni mankeleilleni
essive mankelinani mankeleinani
translative mankelikseni mankeleikseni
abessive mankelittani mankeleittani
instructive
comitative mankeleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mankelisi mankelisi
accusative nom. mankelisi mankelisi
gen. mankelisi
genitive mankelisi mankeliesi
mankeleidesi
mankeleittesi
partitive mankeliasi mankeleitasi
mankelejasi
inessive mankelissasi mankeleissasi
elative mankelistasi mankeleistasi
illative mankeliisi mankeleihisi
adessive mankelillasi mankeleillasi
ablative mankeliltasi mankeleiltasi
allative mankelillesi mankeleillesi
essive mankelinasi mankeleinasi
translative mankeliksesi mankeleiksesi
abessive mankelittasi mankeleittasi
instructive
comitative mankeleinesi

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