Edellyttäviä

Edellyttäviä is a Finnish linguistic form of the adjective edellyttävä, meaning requiring or prerequisite. It is used to describe nouns in a way that signals the presence of necessary conditions or requirements. Edellyttäviä itself is the plural partitive form, typically appearing before a plural noun in the partitive case, for example edellyttäviä ehtoja or edellyttäviä tietoja. In practice, it functions as an adjectival phrase indicating what is required for a process, program, or rule to proceed.

Grammatical note: edellyttävä is the present active participle of the verb edellyttää, from which edellyttäviä is derived. The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, most commonly preceding a plural noun in partitive. The corresponding singular forms are edellyttävä (nominative) and edellyttävää (partitive). Finnish adjectives and participles often blend into formal or administrative language when describing prerequisites, requirements, or conditions.

Usage: The term is most common in formal, legal, educational, and organizational contexts. It appears when enumerating what is needed for eligibility, participation, or successful completion, such as prerequisites, conditions, or required information. While edellyttäviä describes multiple prerequisites or requirements, its exact shading can vary with context, and speakers may choose more specific nouns (ehtoja, tietoja, vaatimuksia) to clarify what is being described.

Etymology: The word derives from the verb edellyttää, with the present participle/attributive suffix -ttävä, forming an adjective meaning “requiring” or “prerequisite.”

See also: edellytys, vaatimus, kriteeri, edellytykset.