nypsax

Swedish

Etymology

nypa +‎ sax. Probably because its shape is similar to the scissors popular in old time, when scissors were made of one single piece metal without the pin.

Noun

nypsax c

1. (glassblowing) a tool used for forming hot glass by e.g. pinching it. When wet, the tool is used in the process of separating the blown glass object from the glassblowing pipe

Declension

Declension of nypsax

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nypsax	nypsax
	definite	nypsaxen	nypsaxens
plural	indefinite	nypsaxar	nypsaxars
	definite	nypsaxarna	nypsaxarnas