valojen

Valojen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun valo, which means light. In Finnish, the genitive plural expresses a relationship such as possession or attribution and is used to form phrases that mean “of lights” or “lights.” A common example is kaupungin valojen loiste, translated as “the glow of the city’s lights.”

Valojen is not a stand-alone lexical item; it is a grammatical form that appears in noun phrases. It is frequently found in literary, journalistic, and everyday language when referring to illumination, lighting design, or imagery. It can modify another noun in a construct that answers the question “whose lights” or “which lights.”

Declension of valo and related forms in the plural and singular include: nominative singular valo, genitive singular valon, partitive singular valoa; nominative plural valot, genitive plural valojen, partitive plural valoja. Valojen appears specifically as the genitive plural form, as in phrases such as kaupungin valojen loiste or talon valojen sytyttäminen.

Etymologically, valo is a native Finnish word for light, rooted in a common Finnic vocabulary. The form valojen participates in related constructions with other light-related words, such as valaistus (lighting/illumination) and valomainokset (lighted signs), illustrating how the root val- extends through adjectives, nouns, and compounds to describe illumination and brightness.

In summary, valojen is a grammatical form used to express “of lights” in Finnish, most often encountered in descriptive or figurative language within noun phrases referring to lights, illumination, or lighting.