Pitkähihaisiin

Pitkähihaisiin is a Finnish adjective phrase meaning long-sleeved, and it is used to describe garments and other items that have sleeves reaching the wrists. The expression is common in fashion, retail, and sewing contexts, where sleeve length is a notable feature.

Linguistic notes: pitkän hihoja koskeva kuvaus muodostuu sanoista pitkä (long) and hihaiset, which refers to sleeves. In standard Finnish, pitkähihaiset is the nominative plural form meaning long-sleeved (things or people). The form pitkähihaisiin is the illative plural, used in sentences that indicate movement into or toward the long-sleeved ones, for example in phrases like pitkähihaisiin paitoihin (to long-sleeved shirts). Other inflected forms include pitkähihaisen (genitive singular) and pitkähihaisissa (inessive singular), illustrating how the adjective agrees with the noun it modifies.

Usage and scope: pitkаhihaisiin can modify a noun directly when the noun is in a suitable case, such as in product descriptions, catalogs, or sewing patterns. It is typically contrasted with lyhythihainen, the standard term for short-sleeved garments. The phrase also appears in translated or multilingual fashion writing where sleeve length is a key specification.

See also: In Finnish, other length-based garment descriptors follow similar patterns, for example lyhythihainen (short-sleeved) and pitkähkö (long in the sense of length), depending on context. Pitkähihaisiin remains a practical term for indicating that sleeves are long rather than short.