Koskettavia

Koskettavia is a Finnish inflected form used to describe things that involve or evoke touch, whether physical or metaphorical. It is the partitive plural form of the present active participle koskettava, which is derived from the verb koskettaa, meaning to touch. The form koskettavia is used when modifying a plural noun in the partitive case, for example koskettavia tarinoita (touching/stirring stories) or koskettavia kokemuksia (emotional experiences).

In semantics, koskettavia covers both literal tactile sense and figurative or emotional resonance. It is commonly employed in everyday language, journalism, and literature to convey immediacy and affect without prescribing a fixed motive. As an attributive adjective, it must agree with the noun it modifies in number and case; in the partitive plural it typically appears before the noun, as in koskettavia tarinoita or koskettavia kokemuksia.

The related forms include koskettava (singular, present active participle) and koskettavaa (partitive singular). These forms form part of the broader participial system in Finnish that blends adjectives and verb meanings to describe actions, qualities, and experiences.

See also: koskettaa, kosketus, Finnish participles.