Kipeitä

Kipeitä is a Finnish adjective form meaning sick, ill, or painful when describing multiple items. It is the plural partitive form of kipeä, used with plural nouns in the partitive case to express that several body parts or objects are in a state of illness or discomfort, or to describe an ongoing condition without a definite quantity.

Common usage patterns include after verbs like olla (to have) or with phrases that indicate possession or experience. For example: Minulla on kipeitä hampaita. (I have sore teeth.) Hänellä on kipeitä lihaksia. (He/She has sore muscles.) In contrast, kipeät is the nominative plural form used in predicate position: Hampaat ovat kipeät. (The teeth are sore.)

Kipeitä is typically paired with plural nouns in the partitive, such as hampaita, lihaksia, jalkoja, or polvia, to convey pain or illness affecting multiple items. In broader illness contexts referring to a person rather than specific parts, Finnish more often uses kipeä or sairas in the singular.

Etymology note: kipeä is a native Finnish adjective. The form kipeitä reflects Finnish noun-adjective agreement in number and case for a plural, non-definite object.

See also: kipeä, sairas, kipu.