kivuliaat

Kivuliaat is the plural form of the Finnish adjective kivulias, meaning "painful" or "full of pain." As an attributive adjective it modifies plural nouns (for example, kivuliaat kokemukset — "painful experiences") and as a predicate it agrees with plural subjects (e.g., He ovat kivuliaat — "They are in pain" or "They are painful," depending on context).

In Finnish morphology adjectives agree in number and case with the nouns they qualify; the singular form is kivulias and the plural nominative is formed by adding -t. The word appears in typical adjective roles, describing physical pain, emotional distress, or metaphorical difficulty, and can combine with adverbs, comparative constructions, and nominal modifiers in standard Finnish syntax.

Etymologically the adjective is related to the Finnish noun kipu ("pain") and is formed with an adjectival suffix used to indicate possession of a quality. Related forms include the adverbial and comparative constructions used to express degrees of pain, and synonyms such as kipeä that overlap in meaning but differ in nuance and usage.

Kivuliaat is used in everyday language, literature, and medical or descriptive contexts to convey multiple instances or plural subjects experiencing pain or possessing a painful quality.