liikuttavien

Liikuttavien is a Finnish grammatical form: it is the genitive plural of the adjective liikuttava. The base meaning of liikuttava is emotionally moving or touching, something that stirs feelings in a viewer or reader. The genitive plural form liikuttavien is used to modify a plural noun in the genitive case, for example liikuttavien elokuvien (of the emotionally moving films) or liikuttavien tarinoiden (of the touching stories). In this use, the adjective states a qualitative property of the noun it accompanies.

As a morphological form, liikuttavien follows Finnish adjective agreement rules, taking the same case and number as the noun it describes. It is typically found in descriptive phrases within literary criticism, film reviews, journalism, and scholarly writing, where authors discuss the emotional impact of works or events. The word reflects a nuanced distinction in Finnish between things that move physically (liikkuva) and things that evoke emotion (liikuttava), with liikuttavien specifically emphasizing the latter when paired with a plural noun in genitive.

Related forms include liikuttava (singular nominative), liikuttavan (singular genitive), and liikuttavia (partitive plural), which share the same root and semantic field. The term is standard in Finnish and commonly used in everyday language when discussing stories, performances, or other cultural works that leave a strong emotional impression.

In sum, liikuttavien denotes the plural, genitive form of a descriptor meaning emotionally moving, and it is employed to attribute that emotional quality to multiple items within a sentence.