Edistäviin

Edistäviin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective edistävä, meaning “promoting” or “advancing.” It is used when the adjective modifies a noun in the illative plural, typically in formal or policy-related language. For example, edistäviin toimenpiteisiin means “to measures that promote,” and edistäviin hankkeisiin means “to projects that promote.” The form thus indicates a promoting, advancement-oriented character of the described noun.

Morphology and usage notes: The base is edistävä, and it is declined to agree with the noun it modifies. In the illative plural, the ending becomes -iin, yielding edistäviin. This form is commonly seen in phrases where the noun is in illative plural (toimenpiteisiin, hankkeisiin, investointeihin, etc.), with the adjective specifying the nature of those nouns.

Etymology: edistävä derives from the verb edistää “to promote” plus the participial suffix -vä, giving the sense of “promoting.” The illative plural ending -iin is a standard Finnish inflection used with plural illative constructions.

Context and register: Edistäviin tends to appear in written Finnish, especially in governmental, corporate, and project-planning contexts where descriptions of strategies, measures, or initiatives are qualified as “promoting” or “advancing.” It is less common in everyday spoken Finnish, where simpler phrasing may be used.

See also: edistävä, edistäminen, edistäminen (promotion, advancement).