pysäytyksen

Pysäytyksen is the genitive form of the Finnish noun pysäytys, which denotes a stop, halt, or pause. The term can refer to the act of stopping motion, a temporary or permanent halt in a process, or to a stopping point in transportation or machinery. In everyday language, the concrete stop point is usually expressed with pysäkki, but pysäytys remains common in more formal, technical, or regulatory contexts.

Etymology and grammar: Pysäytys is derived from the verb pysäyttää, meaning “to stop.” The genitive singular is pysäytyksen, used to indicate possession or relation in phrases such as pysäytyksen kesto (the duration of the stop) or pysäytyksen syy (the reason for the stop). The plural genitive is pysäytysten (e.g., pysäytysten kesto). This form is typical of Finnish noun inflection and allows construction of compound phrases describing aspects of stopping.

Contexts and usage: Pysäytys appears in transportation-related, industrial, and regulatory language to discuss halts in operation or service, safety procedures, or process pauses. In public transport discussions, practitioners often prefer pysäkki for a physical stop along a route, while pysäytys is used when emphasizing the concept or conditions of stopping itself, such as in reports, specifications, or legal text (pysäytyksen tarpeellisuus, pysäytyksen ajoitus).

See also: pysäyttää (to stop), pysäkkityypit (types of stops), pysäkkipaikka (stop location). The term functions as the genitive form of pysäytys and is a versatile tool in formal Finnish discourse on stopping phenomena.