jäykkojen

Jäykkojen is a Finnish word-form that appears as the genitive plural of a stem jäykko, a term that is not common in standard Finnish. In Finnish, genitive plural endings convey possession or relational meaning, so jäykkojen would be used to refer to something associated with several stiff or rigid things or people. Because the base meaning of jäykko is not widely attested in everyday language, the exact sense of jäykkojen depends on context and the surrounding nouns.

Grammatical notes: Jäykkojen is formed with the genitive plural ending -en (often realized as -jen) attached to the stem jäykko. Depending on the text, the form can function to indicate possession, description, or association: for example, jäykkojen osien liitokset would refer to the joints of stiff parts. In ordinary Finnish, speakers would more likely use jäykkyys or jäykkä and their inflections to express stiffness, rather than jäykkojen.

Usage: The term is uncommon in everyday language and is more likely to appear in dialect writing, historical texts, or linguistic discussions about Finnish morphology. It might also occur in proper names or poetic language where older or regional forms survive. If you encounter jäykkojen, interpret it from its surrounding nouns to determine whether it relates to rigidity, stiffness, or the stiffness of parts.

See also: jäykkyys, jäykkä, genitive plural in Finnish.