Daivutus

Daivutus is a term used in linguistics to describe the process by which a word changes its form to express different grammatical categories such as tense, number, person, case, or gender. This phenomenon is commonly found in inflected languages, where words can have multiple forms to convey various meanings or grammatical functions. For example, in the Finnish language, the verb "juoda" (to drink) changes to "juon" in the first person singular present tense, "juot" in the second person singular present tense, and "juo" in the third person singular present tense. This process of altering a word's form is known as inflection, and it is a fundamental aspect of many languages around the world. Daivutus is crucial for conveying complex grammatical structures and relationships within a sentence, allowing speakers to express a wide range of ideas and nuances.