hiljaisten

Hiljaisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective hiljainen, meaning "quiet" or "silent." In Finnish grammar, the genitive plural is used to express possession or association with a plural noun, as in hiljaisten ihmisten talo, “the house of the quiet people.” The form hiljaisten thus appears in contexts where an accompanying noun is plural and in an article describing that group or attribute.

The adjective hiljainen is part of the class of descriptive adjectives and is used to describe qualities such as quietness or discretion. It forms standard comparative and superlative degrees, with hiljaisempi and hiljaisin. The word’s inflection follows Finnish adjective patterns across cases and numbers; for example, partitive singular is hiljaista, partitive plural hiljaisia, and inessive singular hiljaisessa.

In contemporary Finnish usage, hiljaisten commonly occurs in descriptive prose, academic writing, or sociolinguistic descriptions to refer to a group characterized by quietness, discretion, or introversion. It is typically found within noun phrases and is not usually used as a stand-alone noun. Example phrases include hiljaisten ihmisten yhteisö or hiljaisten naapurien kerho. Because it is an inflected form, its exact spelling changes with the grammatical case and number.

There is no universally recognized concept or organization named "Hiljaisten" in Finnish culture; if capitalized, such usage would be context-specific or as a proper noun. See also hiljaisuus (silence) and hiljainen (quiet).