Käynnistävä

Käynnistävää is a grammatical form in Finnish that functions as the partitive singular of the present active participle käynnistävä, derived from the verb käynnistää meaning "to start" or "to initiate." The present active participle describes something that starts or initiates an action, and it can operate as an adjective or, in some contexts, as a noun.

Morphology and usage

The participle käynnistävä is declined like an adjective. In the partitive case the form becomes käynnistävää (singular) or käynnistäviä (plural). It is commonly used to modify a noun, with the noun in the corresponding case. For example, in a phrase describing a component or process, the attributive form may appear as käynnistävää tehoa or käynnistävää vaikutusta, where tehoa and vaikutusta are in partitive case. The form signals ongoing or characteristic initiating activity.

Function in language

Käynnistävää expresses that something has the quality of starting or initiating. It is typically found in technical, formal, or descriptive prose, and often appears in expressions that describe mechanisms, effects, or processes that cause initiation. The participle supports a concise, attribute-driven style common in Finnish scientific and engineering texts.

Related forms

The base form is käynnistävä (present active participle). Other related forms include käynnistävän (genitive singular) and käynnistäviä (partitive plural), used to align with different noun cases in a sentence.

See also

käynnistää; Finnish participles; Finnish grammar; partitive case.