polvihousut

Finnish

Etymology

polvi (knee) + housut (trousers)

Noun

polvihousut

  1. breeches (tight-fitting knee-length trousers worn by men until early 19th century)
  2. knickerbockers (baggy knee-length trousers worn by men and boys in 20th century)

Declension

Inflection of polvihousut (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative polvihousut
genitive polvihousujen
partitive polvihousuja
illative polvihousuihin
singular plural
nominative polvihousut
accusative nom. polvihousut
gen.
genitive polvihousujen
partitive polvihousuja
inessive polvihousuissa
elative polvihousuista
illative polvihousuihin
adessive polvihousuilla
ablative polvihousuilta
allative polvihousuille
essive polvihousuina
translative polvihousuiksi
instructive polvihousuin
abessive polvihousuitta
comitative polvihousuineen
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