valkokangas
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]valko- (“white”) + kangas (“cloth”). Coined by Finnish linguist Artturi Kannisto in the 1910s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]valkokangas
- (film) screen
- (film) silver screen
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of valkokangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valkokangas | valkokankaat | |
| genitive | valkokankaan | valkokankaiden valkokankaitten | |
| partitive | valkokangasta | valkokankaita | |
| illative | valkokankaaseen | valkokankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valkokangas | valkokankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | valkokangas | valkokankaat |
| gen. | valkokankaan | ||
| genitive | valkokankaan | valkokankaiden valkokankaitten valkokangasten rare | |
| partitive | valkokangasta | valkokankaita | |
| inessive | valkokankaassa | valkokankaissa | |
| elative | valkokankaasta | valkokankaista | |
| illative | valkokankaaseen | valkokankaisiin valkokankaihin rare | |
| adessive | valkokankaalla | valkokankailla | |
| ablative | valkokankaalta | valkokankailta | |
| allative | valkokankaalle | valkokankaille | |
| essive | valkokankaana | valkokankaina | |
| translative | valkokankaaksi | valkokankaiksi | |
| abessive | valkokankaatta | valkokankaitta | |
| instructive | — | valkokankain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “valkokangas”, 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 2023-07-04