valtavat

Valtavat is a Finnish adjective meaning enormous, colossal, or vast. It is the plural nominative form of valtava and is used to describe nouns in plural, as in valtavat rakennukset (colossal buildings) or valtavat voimat (tremendous powers). The word derives from valta, meaning power or control, with the -va suffix that forms adjectives from nouns or stems. The related adverb is valtavasti, meaning greatly or to a great extent.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, so valtavat appears in the nominative plural; other inflected forms exist for different cases and numbers, such as valtavan (singular genitive) and valtavien (plural genitive). The sense of valtavat is largely descriptive and context-dependent, often conveying scale or magnitude in a neutral or positive to neutral tone.

Valtavat is not commonly used as a proper noun in standard references. Outside of quoted examples or literary use, it is typically treated as a regular adjective. In fictional or stylized contexts, it could appear as a name or title, but such uses are imaginative rather than canonical. The term is primarily encountered in descriptive writing, journalism, and academic or linguistic discussions about Finnish vocabulary and morphology.