Hukuttavien

Hukuttavien is a Finnish grammatical form, the genitive plural of the present participle hukuttava, which is derived from the verb hukuttaa meaning “to drown.” In Finnish, participles can function as adjectives or nouns, and hukuttava describes something that causes drowning or is associated with drowning. The form hukuttavien is used when the modified noun is plural and in the genitive case, as in hukuttavien tapahtumien or hukuttavien seurausten.

The usage of hukuttavien is most common in contexts discussing drowning-related matters, such as safety reports, accident statistics, or hazard descriptions. It serves to link a plural noun to the property of being connected to drowning, for example in phrases like “hukuttavien tapahtumien riskit” (the risks of events that cause drownings) or “hukuttavien seurausten ehkäisy” (prevention of the consequences of drownings). The exact meaning depends on context, and the form can describe either agents that cause drownings or phenomena associated with drowning.

Linguistic notes: hukuttavien illustrates how Finnish forms participles into adjectives that can be declined to agree with a following noun. While not a common everyday term, it appears in technical or formal writing dealing with drowning, water safety, or related legal and academic discussions.