Kuvailevilla

Kuvailevilla is the plural adessive form of the Finnish adjective kuvaileva, meaning descriptive or depictive. It is used to modify a plural noun in the adessive case, for example when indicating something is described or illustrated in a particular descriptive way. The form shows agreement in number (plural) and case (adessive).

Morphology and formation: Finnish adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify. kuvaileva is formed from the verb kuvailla (to describe or depict) with the present-active participle suffix -va, yielding a meaning close to “descriptive.” The plural adessive ending -illa/-illä attaches to the adjective, producing kuvailevilla, which accompanies a plural noun in the adessive case.

Usage: The form is common in descriptive or analytic Finnish writing, including linguistics, literature, and education, where the author wishes to characterize elements as descriptive or depiction-oriented. For instance, the phrase kuvailevilla esimerkeillä can be translated as “with descriptive examples,” illustrating the phenomenon by illustrating it with descriptive examples. Other inflected forms of the same adjective appear in different cases and numbers to align with their noun partners, such as kuvailevat (nominative plural) or kuvaileva (nominative singular).

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives, participles, and case inflection.

In summary, kuvailevilla is a specific inflected form of a Finnish descriptive adjective used to describe plural nouns in the adessive case, reflecting Finnish’s agreement-based adjective morphology.