Kukkien

Kukkien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun kukka, meaning "flowers." It is used to indicate possession or association with several flowers and appears in noun phrases such as "kukkien terälehdet" (the petals of the flowers) or "kukkien tuoksu" (the scent of the flowers). In Finnish grammar, genitive plural is formed by adding the ending -ien to the stem, so kukka becomes kukkien.

The form is typically not a standalone concept but a grammatical case used within larger expressions. It functions as a determiner within noun phrases that specify ownership, relation, or characteristics connected to multiple flowers. Its usage is common in descriptions of plants, gardens, nature, and botanical topics, as well as in poetic or descriptive prose.

Kukkien should not be confused with a proper name or a separate lexical entry in standard references; its role is linguistic rather than referential. When encountered in text, it signals a relationship to flowers rather than forming a distinct entity by itself. For learners, the key point is that kukkien marks the genitive plural of kukka and is used to link a head noun to "the flowers" in possessive or relational phrases.

See also: kukka (flower), kukkia (partitive plural), kukkien (genitive plural form, as a reference to the same word in different cases).