hyvä

Hyvä is a Finnish adjective meaning "good" or "well." It denotes quality, condition, or suitability and is one of the most common adjectives in Finnish. The word is inflected to agree with the noun it modifies, in the same way as other Finnish adjectives. The positive form is "hyvä"; the comparative and superlative are irregular: "parempi" and "paras."

Hyvä is a native Finnic word with cognates in related Finnic languages, such as Estonian "hea." The exact origin is uncertain, but it has long been part of the Finnish lexicon.

It can function as a subject complement, as in "Se on hyvä" (It's good). It can modify nouns attributively: "hyvä kirja" (a good book), "hyvä uutinen" (good news). The adverb "hyvin" means "well" and is used to describe the manner of action, e.g., "tehty hyvin" (done well). The comparative and superlative forms are used to express degree: "parempi" (better) and "paras" (best).

Common phrases include "hyvä idea" (good idea), "hyvä uutinen" (good news), "hyvä ystävä" (good friend), and greetings such as "Hyvää huomenta" (Good morning), which uses the partitive case in typical Finnish greeting phrases. As with other Finnish adjectives, "hyvä" participates in a range of compound expressions and idiomatic uses that reflect quality, approval, or positive evaluation in everyday language.