kalliita

Kalliita is a Finnish adjective form meaning “expensive.” It is the partitive plural form of the adjective kallis, used when describing a plural noun in a context that requires the partitive case. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and kalliita is commonly found with plural nouns in predicative or indefinite phrases.

Use and examples: The form appears in sentences such as “Nämä kengät ovat kalliita” (These shoes are expensive) and “Kalliita autoja ei ole helppo löytää” (Expensive cars are not easy to find). It can also appear in noun phrases like “kalliita ajatuksia” (expensive ideas) or “kalliita investointeja” (expensive investments) when the noun is plural and the phrase requires the partitive case. The comparative and superlative forms, such as kalliimpi (more expensive) and kallein (most expensive), follow the same gender-agnostic Finnish grammar as the base adjective.

Related forms and usage notes: Kalliita is the plural partitive form; the corresponding nominative plural form is kalliit. The word kallis originates from basic Finnish vocabulary for “expensive,” with its precise historical origins not always specified in standard references. In everyday language, kalliita appears in economic, consumer, and descriptive contexts to indicate costliness, often in contrast to halpa (cheap) or halvempi/kallein in comparative and superlative constructions.

See also: kalleus, halpa, kalleus- and price-related terms are common companions in Finnish vocabulary discussions about cost.