halssi

Finnish

Noun

halssi

  1. (nautical) tack (rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of a square sail)
  2. (nautical) board, tack (distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward)
  3. (nautical) tack (course or heading)
    Jos tuuli on styyrpuurista päin, alus on "styyrpuurin halsseilla", jos paapuurista päin, "paapuurin halsseilla".
    If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on "starboard tack", and if from port, on "port tack".

Declension

Inflection of halssi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative halssi halssit
genitive halssin halssien
partitive halssia halsseja
illative halssiin halsseihin
singular plural
nominative halssi halssit
accusative nom. halssi halssit
gen. halssin
genitive halssin halssien
partitive halssia halsseja
inessive halssissa halsseissa
elative halssista halsseista
illative halssiin halsseihin
adessive halssilla halsseilla
ablative halssilta halsseilta
allative halssille halsseille
essive halssina halsseina
translative halssiksi halsseiksi
instructive halssein
abessive halssitta halsseitta
comitative halsseineen

Synonyms

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