niskalenkki

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Finnish

Etymology

niska (neck) +‎ lenkki (hook)

Pronunciation

Noun

niskalenkki

  1. A grasp from another person's neck by hooking it with one's arm.
    ottaa niskalenkkito seize (someone) by hooking their arm around their neck
  2. (figuratively) upper hand
    Toivon, että Leijonat saavat niskalenkin Karhuista tällä kaudella.
    I hope the Lions get the upper hand on the Bears this season.

Declension

Inflection of niskalenkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative niskalenkki niskalenkit
genitive niskalenkin niskalenkkien
partitive niskalenkkiä niskalenkkejä
illative niskalenkkiin niskalenkkeihin
singular plural
nominative niskalenkki niskalenkit
accusative nom. niskalenkki niskalenkit
gen. niskalenkin
genitive niskalenkin niskalenkkien
partitive niskalenkkiä niskalenkkejä
inessive niskalenkissä niskalenkeissä
elative niskalenkistä niskalenkeistä
illative niskalenkkiin niskalenkkeihin
adessive niskalenkillä niskalenkeillä
ablative niskalenkiltä niskalenkeiltä
allative niskalenkille niskalenkeille
essive niskalenkkinä niskalenkkeinä
translative niskalenkiksi niskalenkeiksi
abessive niskalenkittä niskalenkeittä
instructive niskalenkein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of niskalenkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)

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