Vilkkuvien

Vilkkuvien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish present active participle vilkkuva, which means blinking or flashing. In usage, vilkkuva functions as an adjective, and vilkkuvien appears when it modifies a plural noun in a genitive phrase, for example referring to “the blinking lights” or “the blinking lamps.” It is not a standalone noun.

Grammar and formation: Finnish participles used as adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The stem vilkku- comes from the verb vilkuttaa or vilkkua, meaning to blink or flash. In the genitive plural, the participle takes the form vilkkuvien, and it is typically paired with a genitive plural noun such as valojen (lights) or lamppujen (lamps) to form phrases like vilkkuvien valojen or vilkkuvien lamppujen.

Common usage: Vilkkuvien valojen väri means “the color of the blinking lights,” and vilkkuvien lamppujen sijoittelu means “the arrangement of the blinking lamps.” The construction is frequent in technical writing, traffic or vehicle descriptions, and descriptive passages where the property of blinking is attributed to a noun.

Notes: Vilkkuvien is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item. Its primary role is within noun phrases to convey that the referenced lights, signals, or lamps exhibit blinking or flashing behavior. For related terms, see vilkut (turn signals) and other forms of vilkkuva used in various grammatical cases.