Pysyviä

Pysyviä is the partitive plural inflection of the Finnish adjective pysyvä, meaning permanent, lasting, or steadfast. It is used when pysyvä modifies a plural noun in the partitive case, for example pysyviä ratkaisuja (permanent solutions) or pysyviä ominaisuuksia (permanent features).

Finnish adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The partitive plural form pysyviä contrasts with the nominative plural pysyvät (pysyvät ratkaisut) and with other cases such as pysyvän (genitive singular) or pysyvien (genitive plural).

In context, pysyviä often describes non-transitory qualities or states that are intended to persist, as opposed to temporary or contingent conditions described with tilapäisiä. It appears in academic writing, policy discussions, and everyday speech to signal durability.

Origin: pysyvä derives from the Finnish root pysy- meaning to stay or remain. The partitive plural ending -viä is the standard form for adjectives modifying plural nouns in partitive.