Eheyttävän

Eheyttävän is a Finnish word that serves as the genitive singular form of the present active participle eheyttävä, which comes from the verb eheyttää meaning “to make whole,” “to restore integrity,” or “to mend.” As a participial adjective, eheyttävä describes processes, actions, or agents involved in restoration or reconciliation. In practice, eheyttävän functions within noun phrases rather than as a standalone predicate.

Morphology and usage are typical of Finnish participles. The base verb eheyttää implies restoring wholeness, whether in physical objects, systems, relationships, or psychological well-being. The participle stem eheyttävä denotes ongoing or prospective mending, and its genitive singular form, eheyttävän, is used to link to a head noun in possessive or descriptive constructions (for example, eheyttävän työn käynnistäminen, “the initiation of the mending work” or “the initiation of restorative work”). The form can also appear in more abstract phrases such as eheytyksen edellyttämä toiminta, “the action required for healing/restoration.”

Semantic range extends from concrete repair to social and personal healing. In construction or object maintenance, it can describe repair efforts. In healthcare, rehabilitation, or counseling, it can refer to restorative treatments or processes that aim to restore wholeness or cohesion. In societal or political discourse, it may denote reconciliation or restorative justice efforts.

Examples:

- eheyttävän työn tulokset viestivät paremmasta toimivuudesta. (the results of the restorative work indicate better functionality)

- eheytyvän hoidon tarve on arvioitava. (the need for restorative treatment must be assessed)

See also: eheytys, eheytyminen.