kielteisiä

Kielteisiä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective kielteinen, meaning "negative" or "prohibitive." It is used to describe nouns in the partitive case and typically refers to negative aspects, statements, or evaluations rather than to the abstract word itself as a standalone item. The form signals indefiniteness or a partial quantity of the described quality.

Common collocations include kielteisiä väitteitä (negative claims), kielteisiä vastauksia (negative answers), and kielteisiä mielipiteitä (negative opinions). In these phrases, kielteisiä functions as an attributive adjective that agrees with the noun in number and case. Because Finnish adjectives inflect for number, case, and definiteness, kielteisiä appears specifically in contexts where the object of discussion is treated as partial or non-specific.

Etymology and nuance: kielteinen derives from kielto (ban, prohibition) and the verb kieltää (to deny). The overall sense is negation, denial, or disapproval. In contrast to myönteinen (positive), kielteinen conveys a negative evaluation or stance. The inflected form kielteisiä is a typical example of Finnish adjectives showing partitive plural endings, used when the described quality is not fully definite or is being discussed in a partial amount.

See also: kielteinen, kieltäminen, ei.