häiritsevien

Häiritsevien is a Finnish adjective form used to describe plural nouns that cause disturbance. It represents the genitive plural form of the adjective häiritsevä, which means disturbing, disruptive or annoying. The base häiritsevä is derived from the verb häiritä, “to disturb,” with the suffix -seva that yields an adjective meaning “disturbing.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, so häiritsevien is used with nouns in genitive plural (for example, häiritsevien äänien määrä, “the amount of disturbing noises” or häiritsevien tekijöiden vaikutus, “the impact of disturbing factors”).

Forms and usage

Häiritsevä has several inflected forms to match different cases and numbers. In addition to häiritsevien, common related forms include häiritsevät (nominative plural or form compatible with a plural noun in certain constructions) and häiritseviä (partitive plural, used when the object is not a definite, fully counted set). The form you choose depends on the syntactic case and number of the noun being described.

Context

The term appears frequently in academic, policy, environmental and safety texts to denote factors, sounds, events or conditions that cause disturbance. It helps separate undesirable or disruptive elements from neutral ones, allowing precise discussion of impacts, risks and mitigation.

Related concepts

Häiritsevä as an adjective contrasts with synonyms such as häiritsemätön or rauhallinen, which describe non-disturbing conditions. The word is part of everyday Finnish usage when discussing noise, behavior, design, and regulatory concerns where disturbance is relevant.