Aiheuttaviin

Aiheuttaviin is a form of the Finnish present active participle derived from the verb aiheuttaa, meaning to cause. The base participle is aiheuttava, used as an adjective to describe something that causes or brings about something else. The form aiheuttaviin is the illative plural ending of this participle, and it is used when the modified noun is plural and in the illative case (indicating direction toward or into something). In practice, aiheuttaviin modifies a plural noun in illative form, marking that the things referred to are those that cause a certain effect or outcome.

In usage, aiheuttaviin appears in formal or technical Finnish, often in scientific, legal, or policy texts where processes, factors, or agents that cause particular results need to be described precisely. For example, a phrase such as aiheuttaviin seurauksiin liittyvät tutkimukset translates to “studies related to the consequences that are caused” or more naturally “studies related to the arising consequences.” The form demonstrates how Finnish scholars link a causal descriptor to a plural noun when case and number agreements require the illative plural ending.

Etymology: aiheuttaviin is built from the verb aiheuttaa (to cause) and the present active participle stem aiheuttava, with the illative plural ending -iin. Related forms include aiheuttava (present active participle), aiheuttavan (genitive singular), and other case endings for the participle.

See also: present active participle (Finnish), Finnish grammar, participles.