polvihousut
Finnish
Etymology
polvi (“knee”) + housut (“trousers”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpolʋiˌhou̯sut/, [ˈpo̞lʋiˌho̞u̯s̠ut̪]
- Rhymes: -ousut
- Syllabification(key): pol‧vi‧hou‧sut
Noun
polvihousut
- breeches (tight-fitting knee-length trousers worn by men until early 19th century)
- 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 | |
| Possessive forms of polvihousut (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | polvihousuni | polvihousumme |
| 2nd person | polvihoususi | polvihousunne |
| 3rd person | polvihousunsa | |