lyhyet

Lyhyet is the nominative plural form of the Finnish adjective lyhyt, which means short. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so lyhyet appears before plural nouns in the nominative case to indicate that the described items are short in some respect.

Etymology and usage context: The base form lyhyt comes from the Finnic language family and has cognates in related languages, such as Estonian lühike. The plural lyhyet is routinely used with plural nouns, for example in phrases like lyhyet housut (shorts or short trousers) or lyhyet tarinat (short stories). Like other Finnish adjectives, lyhyet can be declined to match different cases and numbers, while the noun it modifies carries the primary grammatical markings.

Typical usage: Lyhyet is most common in descriptive phrases where several items share a common short characteristic. For instance, Nämä lyhyet videot ovat selkeitä, meaning “These short videos are clear.” The form can also function in attributive positions before proper or concrete nouns, and it adapts to various cases just as other adjectives do (e.g., lyhyiden, lyhyissä, lyhyisiin, lyhyinä, lyhyiksi, etc., depending on case and definiteness).

Notes: Lyhyet should not be used independently as a noun; it is an adjective form and requires a noun to modify. For broader understanding, see Finnish grammar sections on adjective declension and agreement, and the base word lyhyt for related forms.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives in Finnish, lyhyt.