kompassin

Kompassin is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun kompassi, which means compass. It is used to indicate possession or a close relationship between the compass and another noun, for example in phrases like kompassin neula (the compass needle) or kompassin osoitin (the compass indicator).

In Finnish grammar, the genitive singular is typically marked with the suffix -in. Thus, when kompassi is put into the genitive to modify another noun, it becomes kompassin. This form is not used on its own as a standalone noun; it appears within noun phrases to show ownership, association, or attribution, such as “kompassin suunta” (the direction of the compass) or “kompassin lukema” (the compass reading).

The use of kompassin is common in everyday language and technical writing about navigation or instruments. It follows standard Finnish patterns for forming genitive forms from nouns ending in -si. When referring to multiple compasses, the genitive plural would be kompassien, as in kompassien neulat (the compass needles of the compasses).

Overall, kompassin functions as the possessive-inflected form of kompassi, serving to link the noun that follows to the compass in a way that is typical of Finnish noun phrase construction.