hylsa

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hülse. Compare origin of hölja.

Noun

hylsa c

  1. case, casing
  2. ferrule
  3. (botany) shell, hull
  4. (glassblowing) a glass attached to a glassblower pipe and shaped as a funnel. When attached to a top of another glass, which sits on the end of a punty, it is heated and widened on its end, so it becomes the upper edge of the finished glass product.

Declension

Declension of hylsa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hylsa hylsas
definite hylsan hylsans
plural indefinite hylsor hylsors
definite hylsorna hylsornas

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