pyyhekangas
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pyyhe (“towel”) + kangas (“fabric”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pyyhekangas
Usage notes
[edit]In common usage pyyhekangas refers to any fabric used for towels, including frotee (“terry cloth”). The textile professionals tend to use the term to refer to huckaback and other "traditional" weaves of cotton and linen, i.e. excluding terry cloth.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pyyhekangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
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nominative | pyyhekangas | pyyhekankaat | |
genitive | pyyhekankaan | pyyhekankaiden pyyhekankaitten | |
partitive | pyyhekangasta | pyyhekankaita | |
illative | pyyhekankaaseen | pyyhekankaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pyyhekangas | pyyhekankaat | |
accusative | nom. | pyyhekangas | pyyhekankaat |
gen. | pyyhekankaan | ||
genitive | pyyhekankaan | pyyhekankaiden pyyhekankaitten pyyhekangasten rare | |
partitive | pyyhekangasta | pyyhekankaita | |
inessive | pyyhekankaassa | pyyhekankaissa | |
elative | pyyhekankaasta | pyyhekankaista | |
illative | pyyhekankaaseen | pyyhekankaisiin pyyhekankaihin rare | |
adessive | pyyhekankaalla | pyyhekankailla | |
ablative | pyyhekankaalta | pyyhekankailta | |
allative | pyyhekankaalle | pyyhekankaille | |
essive | pyyhekankaana | pyyhekankaina | |
translative | pyyhekankaaksi | pyyhekankaiksi | |
abessive | pyyhekankaatta | pyyhekankaitta | |
instructive | — | pyyhekankain | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “pyyhekangas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03