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Halvat

Halvat is the plural form of the Finnish adjective halpa, meaning "cheap." It is used to describe plural nouns and appears in everyday speech and writing to indicate a low price. Examples include halvat hinnat (cheap prices), halvat tuotteet (cheap goods), and halvat liput (cheap tickets).

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify. Therefore halpa has the base form

As a word, halvat is not commonly used as a proper noun. There are no widely known

halpa
in
the
singular
nominative,
and
halvat
in
the
plural
nominative;
other
case
forms
follow
standard
adjective
declension,
for
example
halpaa
(partitive
singular)
and
halpoja
(partitive
plural).
places
or
organizations
simply
named
Halvat,
and
if
Halvat
appears
in
a
name,
it
is
typically
a
borrowed
or
local
usage
rather
than
a
standard
term.
The
term
is
primarily
encountered
as
a
common
adjective
meaning
cheap.