kierivät

Kierivät is a Finnish word form that can function as the third-person plural present tense of verbs derived from kiert- meaning to turn, twist, or rotate. In standard Finnish, kierivät appears when the subject is plural and the verb describes rotational or rolling motion. It is not a noun and does not denote a standalone concept.

In ordinary usage, kierivät describes ongoing motion performed by multiple subjects. For example, in a sentence such as Kivet kierivät alas mäkeä, the stones are rolling down the slope. The form is common in descriptive writing about everyday motion, mechanical processes, sports, or physical phenomena when multiple actors are involved.

Etymology and morphology: kierivät is related to the verb kiertää (to turn, rotate) and shares its root kiert-. The ending -ivät is a typical Finnish plural present tense suffix, which reflects a stem that ends in a vowel and undergoes standard vowel harmony rules. This pattern illustrates how Finnish verb conjugation marks person and number.

See also: kiertää, kierttää, kierto, kiertäminen.