Leijailevat

Leijailevat is a Finnish word that functions as the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb leijailla, meaning to hover, drift, or float in the air, typically under the influence of wind or air currents. The term can describe the physical motion of lightweight objects such as leaves, balloons, feathers, or kites, as well as metaphorical or mental movement, such as wandering or drifting thoughts.

The basic sense of leijailla emphasizes light, effortless movement through the air. In everyday description, you might encounter sentences like Lehdet leijailevat tuulessa, meaning The leaves drift in the wind. The form leijailevat is used with plural subjects (they drift). The verb also has other forms for different tenses and persons, and its present participle form leijaileva can be used as an adjective meaning drifting or hovering.

In literature and everyday speech, leijailevat is common when depicting weather, nature, or motion in the air, as well as in figurative language. For example, Leijailevat ajatukset describes thoughts that drift or wander, especially when someone is distracted or daydreaming.

See also: leijailla, leija, drifting, hover, wander.

In summary, leijailevat denotes plural present tense drift or hover, rooted in the Finnish verb leijailla and often used for both literal and metaphorical light movement through the air.