svirveli

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish svirvel.

Pronunciation

Noun

svirveli

  1. oarlock (in racing rowboats, device attached to the outer end of a rigger that locks the oars in place while rowing)

Usage notes

  • In ordinary rowboats the oarlock is usually called hankain.

Declension

Inflection of svirveli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative svirveli svirvelit
genitive svirvelin svirvelien
svirveleiden
svirveleitten
partitive svirveliä svirveleitä
svirvelejä
illative svirveliin svirveleihin
singular plural
nominative svirveli svirvelit
accusative nom. svirveli svirvelit
gen. svirvelin
genitive svirvelin svirvelien
svirveleiden
svirveleitten
partitive svirveliä svirveleitä
svirvelejä
inessive svirvelissä svirveleissä
elative svirvelistä svirveleistä
illative svirveliin svirveleihin
adessive svirvelillä svirveleillä
ablative svirveliltä svirveleiltä
allative svirvelille svirveleille
essive svirvelinä svirveleinä
translative svirveliksi svirveleiksi
abessive svirvelittä svirveleittä
instructive svirvelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of svirveli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)