farkku
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
far- + -kku; originally derived from farmarihousut (“jeans”) > farmarit (“jeans”) > farkut (“jeans”), from which it spread to some other senses and compounds of farmari
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
farkku (informal)
- (in compounds) Clipping of farkkukangas (“denim cloth”).
- Synonym: denim
- farkkutakki ― denim jacket
- station wagon
- Synonyms: farmari, farmariauto
Declension[edit]
Inflection of farkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | farkku | farkut | ||
genitive | farkun | farkkujen | ||
partitive | farkkua | farkkuja | ||
illative | farkkuun | farkkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | farkku | farkut | ||
accusative | nom. | farkku | farkut | |
gen. | farkun | |||
genitive | farkun | farkkujen | ||
partitive | farkkua | farkkuja | ||
inessive | farkussa | farkuissa | ||
elative | farkusta | farkuista | ||
illative | farkkuun | farkkuihin | ||
adessive | farkulla | farkuilla | ||
ablative | farkulta | farkuilta | ||
allative | farkulle | farkuille | ||
essive | farkkuna | farkkuina | ||
translative | farkuksi | farkuiksi | ||
abessive | farkutta | farkuitta | ||
instructive | — | farkuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
- farkut (“jeans”)
Further reading[edit]
- “farkku”, 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 2023-07-02