pyyhekangas

Finnish

Etymology

pyyhe (“towel”) +‎ kangas (“fabric”)

Noun

pyyhekangas

  1. toweling

Usage notes

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
Inflection of pyyhekangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation)
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
partitive pyyhekangasta pyyhekankaita
inessive pyyhekankaassa pyyhekankaissa
elative pyyhekankaasta pyyhekankaista
illative pyyhekankaaseen pyyhekankaisiin
pyyhekankaihinrare
adessive pyyhekankaalla pyyhekankailla
ablative pyyhekankaalta pyyhekankailta
allative pyyhekankaalle pyyhekankaille
essive pyyhekankaana pyyhekankaina
translative pyyhekankaaksi pyyhekankaiksi
instructive — pyyhekankain
abessive pyyhekankaatta pyyhekankaitta
comitative — pyyhekankaineen
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