Käsitlevas

Käsitlevas is an Estonian present active participle form derived from the verb käsitlema, meaning to handle or to process. It is used to describe ongoing handling or processing and can function as an adjective in attributive position or appear in adverbial phrases. The base participle is käsitlev, and the inessive singular form is käsitlevas, conveying a sense of “in handling” or “in the process of handling,” depending on the context. Like other participles in Estonian, käsitlevas can take various case endings to agree with its noun or to participate in a larger syntactic construction.

In usage, käsitlevas is most common in technical, administrative, and descriptive prose where processes are described in progressive terms. It often appears in phrases such as käsitlevas protsessis, which can be translated as “in the processing/handling process.” As a non-finite form, it does not express tense by itself; temporal meaning is supplied by surrounding words or context.

Etymology and relation to other forms: käsitlevas is derived from käsitlema, the verb meaning to handle or to process. The form shares its root with other related participles and inflects like other Estonian present active participles, enabling it to function in attributive, adverbial, or complex predicate constructions.

This entry provides a concise overview of the Estonian grammatical form käsitlevas, emphasizing its role in indicating ongoing handling or processing within descriptive or technical text.