pyyhe (“towel”) + kangas (“fabric”)
pyyhekangas
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.
| Inflection of pyyhekangas (Kotus type 41*G/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 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. | |||