Esiintyvällä

Esiintyvällä is a Finnish grammatical form, the adessive singular of the present active participle esiintyvä, which comes from the verb esiintyä meaning to appear or to perform. As a participle, esiintyvällä behaves like an adjective and can modify a noun, indicating that the noun is in a state of performing or appearing. In standard usage, the form is most often encountered in descriptive, literary, or grammatical contexts, rather than as a standalone lexical item.

Usage and function: The base participle esiintyvä denotes ongoing action: the one who is appearing or performing. The adessive case marks location or accompaniment, yielding esiintyvällä for singular use with a noun in the adessive, for example in phrases such as esiintyvällä artistilla or esiintyvällä henkilöllä. The form is used when the noun it modifies is in the adessive case or when the phrase appears in contexts requiring that case marking, such as captions, descriptive passages, or grammar examples. In everyday Finnish, speakers more commonly use the noun esiintyjä (performer), while the participial form may be chosen for stylistic or syntactic reasons.

Example: Kuvan keskellä esiintyvällä artistilla on pitkä ura. This illustrates how esiintyvällä can describe a noun—in this case, the artist—indicating that the artist is currently performing or appearing.

See also: esiintyä, esiintyminen, esiintyjä.