virtaavia

Virtaavia is a Finnish adjective form meaning "flowing" or "streaming." It functions as an inflected form of the base adjective virtaava, which describes something that moves with a current or movement of water, air, light, or time. The form virtaavia is commonly used when the modified noun is plural or in partitive, as in "virtaavia jokia" (flowing rivers) or "virtaavia ideoita" (flowing ideas). The word is built from virta ('current, stream') plus the suffix -ava, which forms adjectives indicating a state or attribute.

In usage, virtaava describes rivers, streams, winds, or other moving flows that are actively ongoing in hydrology and meteorology. In literary or metaphorical contexts, it can convey spontaneity, abundance, or rapid succession, for example "virtaavia ajatuksia" (flowing thoughts). The adverbial form is virtaavasti ("flowingly"). While widely used in Finnish text, virtaavia is not a standalone noun and has no separate meaning beyond its adjectival use when attached to a noun. See also virta, virtaus, virtaava.