Lakkautuvien

Lakkautuvien is a Finnish grammatical term describing a specific inflection of a participial adjective. It is the genitive plural form of the present passive participle lakkautuva, which derives from the verb lakkautua (to be terminated or to cease operation) or the causative lakkauttaa (to abolish). Lakkautuvien is used to modify nouns in noun phrases to indicate that those nouns refer to entities that are in the process of being closed down or abolished.

In grammar, lakkautuva forms part of the broader class of -uva/-tava participles in Finnish. When such participles function as modifiers, their genitive plural ending becomes -ien, producing forms like lakkautuvien. This construction allows speakers to express relationships such as “the entities that are being closed” or “the facilities scheduled for abolition” within a noun phrase. The choice of genitive plural aligns with the head noun in the phrase, which itself may be in genitive to indicate possession or specification.

Usage of lakkautuvien is typical in formal, bureaucratic, or legal writing, where precise description of ongoing or planned changes is needed. It often appears in policy documents, reports, or statistical summaries. In everyday language, speakers may prefer simpler alternatives such as käyttävät more explicit clauses (for example, laitokset, jotka suljetaan) rather than relying on the participial genitive construction.

See also: lakkautuminen (abolition/termination), lakkautua (to be closed down), lakkauttaa (to abolish).