Aiheuttamilla

Aiheuttamilla is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb aiheuttaa, meaning to cause. It functions as the plural adessive form of the past participle aiheuttama and is used to describe agents, factors, or influences that have caused something. In typical usage it accompanies a noun in the adessive case (for example tekijöillä, vaikutuksilla) to convey the sense “with those that have caused” or “caused by.”

Morphology and function

Aiheuttama is the base participle meaning “caused.” Adding the adessive plural ending -illa forms aiheuttamilla, which attaches to a plural noun in the adessive case. This construction is common in formal, scientific, and journalistic Finnish when listing causal agents or factors. The form emphasizes the entities that have performed the causing rather than the resulting effect.

Usage notes

Aiheuttamilla is typically used with nouns indicating factors, agents, or influences, such as tekijöillä (factors) or vaikutuksilla (effects). It is more common in written Finnish, including analysis, reports, and academic writing, than in casual speech. The phrase can be part of a larger noun phrase describing context, causes, or contributing elements.

Examples

- Ihmisten aiheuttamilla tekijöillä on ollut merkittävä rooli ympäristön tilan heikkenemisessä. (Humans’ caused factors have played a significant role in the deterioration of the environment.)

- Ilmastonmuutoksesta aiheuttamilla vaikutuksilla on ollut laajoja taloudellisia seurauksia. (The effects caused by climate change have had broad economic consequences.)

Related forms include aiheuttama (caused) and aiheuttaminen (causing), which appear in different syntactic roles.