Imeyttämällä

Imeyttämällä is a Finnish adverbial participle formed from the verb imeyttää. The verb imeyttää is a causative meaning “to cause to absorb” or “to soak up.” The -malla participle imeyttämällä expresses means or method, roughly equivalent to the English phrase “by absorbing” or “through absorption.” As a non-finite form, it is used to modify the action of the main verb or to introduce a clause that states how something is done.

Formation and function

Imeyttämällä is created from the stem of imeyttää with the -malla suffix. It belongs to the family of regular Finnish -malla/-mällä participles that convey instrumental meaning. The form is used in sentences where the manner of an action is described without adding a separate finite verb. Its use allows a concise expression of process or mechanism, especially in descriptive or technical prose.

Usage and nuance

In practice, imeyttämällä appears in contexts discussing processes involving absorption or uptake, such as physical, chemical, or biological descriptions. It signals the method by which a result is achieved and often appears alongside a main clause that states the outcome. The exact translation to English depends on context, typically rendered as “by absorbing,” “through absorption,” or “by taking up.”

Related terms

Related concepts include imeytyminen (absorption, the process of being absorbed) and imeytyä (to be absorbed). The root imeyttää is related to the broader semantic field of absorption and uptake.

See also: imeytyminen, imeyttää, imeytyä.