Lumihuippujen

Lumihuippujen is the genitive plural form of lumihuippu, a Finnish noun meaning "snow peak" or "snow-covered summit." It is not the name of a specific place, but a grammatical form used to refer to more than one snow peak or to attributes belonging to such peaks. The expression is commonly found in descriptive Finnish texts about mountains and alpine landscapes.

Etymology and formation: The base lumihuippu combines lumi ("snow") and huippu ("peak"). To indicate possession or association with multiple peaks, the language adds the genitive plural suffix -jen, yielding lumihuippujen. It can appear in phrases such as lumihuippujen rinteet ("the slopes of the snow peaks") or lumihuippujen lumisuus ("the snowiness of the snow peaks").

Usage and context: In geography, travel writing, and literature, lumihuippujen often serves to evoke the appearance and character of mountainous regions with persistent snow cover. Because it is a grammatical form rather than a proper noun, lumihuippujen does not denote a specific region; its meaning depends on the surrounding nouns it modifies. The term illustrates Finnish emphasis on natural features and descriptive compounding.

See also: Snow-capped mountains; Finnish language; toponymy.