Seisovien

Seisovien is a Finnish grammatical form that appears as the genitive plural of the participial adjective seisova, meaning standing. It is not a standalone lexical item with a fixed meaning; rather, it functions as a case form used in noun phrases to refer to groups or classes characterized by the action or state of standing.

In usage, seisovien typically occurs in phrases modifying nouns, especially in contexts describing people or objects that are standing as opposed to seated. For example, in a hypothetical sentence like “seisovien ihmisten määrä” — “the number of standing people” — seisovien marks the possessive/genitive relationship to the head noun “ihmisten.” In Finnish, such forms reflect the broader system in which participles can take inflectional endings to align with number and case.

Etymology: seisovien derives from the verb seisoa (to stand) through the present active participle stem seisova, plus the genitive plural ending -ien. This construction is common with adjectives and participles used as modifiers or as nominal constituents in compound noun phrases.

Related concepts: Finnish grammar, present active participles, noun phrases formed from adjectives, genitive plural inflection. The form demonstrates how Finnish permits rich nominal constructions by combining verbs, adjectives, and case endings.

If you need examples from authentic Finnish texts, they would primarily appear in descriptive or formal prose rather than everyday speech; many uses will read as part of larger phrases rather than as standalone vocabulary.