terävät

Terävät is the plural form of the Finnish adjective terävä, meaning sharp or keen. It is used to describe objects with a sharp edge as well as to describe mental acuity or wit. In everyday Finnish, terävä is a common descriptive word for both physical sharpness and figurative sharpness.

Grammatically, terävä agrees with the noun it modifies. In the nominative and accusative plural it takes the form terävät, as in terävät veitset (sharp knives). In the genitive plural it becomes terävien, as in terävien veitsien terä (the edge of sharp knives). In the partitive plural it changes to teräviä, as in teräviä hampaita (sharp teeth). These forms show how adjectives in Finnish decline for number and case to match the noun.

Common usages encompass both literal and metaphorical senses. For physical sharpness, one might say terävät veitset or teräviä reunoja (sharp edges). For metaphorical sharpness, terävä can describe intelligence or wit, for example, Hän on terävä ajattelija (He is a sharp thinker) or terävät kommentit (incisive or biting comments).

See also: terävä, terävyys, terä. The term terävät is a standard, native Finnish adjective with broad applicability across descriptive and figurative contexts.