Kutistuvilla

Kutistuvilla is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe multiple entities that are shrinking or contracting. It is the adessive plural of the present active participle kutistuva, which comes from the verb kutistaa meaning “to shrink” or “to contract.” The form is used with plural nouns to indicate location or state of the subjects in contexts where they are shrinking.

Formation: The base verb kutistaa forms the present active participle kutistuva (shrinking). From this base, the adessive plural kutistuvilla is formed to agree with a plural noun in the adessive case, roughly meaning “on the shrinking ones” or “with the shrinking ones.” Other related forms include kutistuva (nominative singular) and kutistuvia (partitive plural), illustrating typical Finnish participle and case inflections.

Usage: Kutistuvilla is used in descriptive or factual text to convey that several entities are undergoing shrinking or contraction. It can refer to physical shrinkage (for example fabrics that shrink after washing) or figurative/conceptual contraction (for instance populations, markets, or attributes that decrease). Since Finnish allows rich inflection, kutistuvilla often appears in sentences where the adessive case marks location or state linked to the plural subject.

Example: Kutistuvilla kasveilla on pienemmät lehdet. This sentence translates to “The shrinking plants have smaller leaves,” illustrating how the adessive plural participates in the predicate.

Notes: Kutistuvilla is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item. It demonstrates how Finnish uses participles and case endings to express nuanced relations between subject and predicate.