aggressiivisten

Aggressiivisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective aggressiivinen, meaning “aggressive.” In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so aggressiivinen has forms such as aggressiivisen (genitive singular), aggressiiviset (nominative plural), and aggressiivisten (genitive plural).

The form aggressiivisten is therefore used before a noun in genitive plural, to express possession or description in phrases like aggressiivisten ihmisten määrä, meaning “the number of aggressive people,” or aggressiivisten rotujen vaara, meaning “the danger of aggressive breeds.” It appears in noun phrases where the head noun is in genitive plural or when the phrase as a whole is understood in a genitive sense.

Etymology: aggressiivinen is a loanword from English aggressive, with the Finnish -inen suffix that forms adjectives. The genitive plural ending -isten is a standard inflection for adjectives of this type.

Notes: As with other Finnish inflections, the exact meaning and grammatical role of aggressiivisten depend on the surrounding noun and the syntactic structure; aggressiivisten itself does not function as a standalone noun. It is used to describe or qualify a plural noun in a genitive relationship within a sentence. See also aggressiivinen, aggressiivisuus for related forms and concepts.