Liittyvien

Liittyvien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective liittyvä, meaning related or connected. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify, so when the noun phrase is in genitive plural the adjective takes the form liittyvien. The construction is common in technical writing and in encyclopedic text to describe items that are connected to or associated with another set of items.

The form signals a relationship to another element already mentioned or assumed in the discourse. It is typically followed by a noun in the genitive plural, forming phrases such as liittyvien asioiden lista (the list of related matters) or liittyvien tietojen yhdistäminen (the integration of related data). The corresponding non-genitive forms are used in other grammatical cases and numbers, for example liittyviä asioita (related matters, partitive) and liittyvä asia (a related matter, nominative).

The base adjective liittyvä derives from the verb liittyä, meaning to relate, join, or belong. In usage, liittyvien is primarily a modifier within noun phrases and does not constitute a separate lexical entry. It is most often encountered in written Finnish, including dictionaries, manuals, and online articles, where precise relationships between sets of items are described.

See also: liittyvä, liittyvät, liittyviä.