Liimautuvaan

Liimautuvaan is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe something that adheres or tends to adhere. It is the illative singular of the present active participle liimautuva, which comes from the verb liimautua meaning “to adhere” or “to cling.” In Finnish, participles can function as adjectives and be declined to match the noun they modify in case and number. The illative form liimautuvaan marks direction toward something, often translated loosely as “onto/into the adherent surface.”

In usage, liimautuvaan is common in more technical or descriptive language, especially when characterizing materials, coatings, or processes related to adhesion. For example, a phrase might describe a film or coating that should be applied to liimautuvaan pintaan, or a substance intended to adhere to a surface described as liimautuvaan. These constructions place emphasis on the surface or area toward which adhesion occurs.

Relation to other forms: liimautuva is the present participle meaning “adhering/tending to adhere.” The illative form liimautuvaan is just one of several case-dependent inflections that allow the participle to function in sentences that specify direction or location relative to another noun.

See also: liimautua, liima, liimaus, Finnish participles.