farkut

Finnish

Etymology 1

English farmer > farmari (farmer) + housut (trousers) > farmarihousut (jeans) > farmarit (jeans) > farkut. Originally considered a colloquialism, but has become a commonly accepted term.

Noun

farkut (pl)

  1. jeans, especially blue jeans
  2. pair of jeans
Declension
Inflection of farkut (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative farkut
genitive farkkujen
partitive farkkuja
illative farkkuihin
singular plural
nominative farkut
accusative nom. farkut
gen.
genitive farkkujen
partitive farkkuja
inessive farkuissa
elative farkuista
illative farkkuihin
adessive farkuilla
ablative farkuilta
allative farkuille
essive farkkuina
translative farkuiksi
instructive farkuin
abessive farkuitta
comitative farkkuineen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

farkku (station wagon) >

Noun

farkut

  1. Nominative plural form of farkku.
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