Menestyvä

Menestyvää is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective menestyvä, meaning "successful" or "prosperous." The adjective itself derives from the verb menestyä, "to succeed," and is used to describe people, organizations, or things marked by success or prosperity. In Finnish, adjectives decline to reflect the case and number of the noun they modify, and the form menestyvää appears specifically in the partitive case.

Usage and examples

Menestyvää is typically found when the adjective modifies a noun in the partitive case, often in sentences with verbs that require a partitive object. Examples include etsimme menestyvää yritystä ("we are looking for a successful company") and ostin menestyvää osaketta ("I bought a successful share"). In predicative constructions with olla "to be," the standard form is nominative: Yritys on menestyvä ("The company is successful"). Other grammatical forms include genitive singular menestyvän and plural forms such as menestyvät (nominative plural) and menestyviä (partitive plural).

Etymology and nuance

The form and meaning align with Finnish adjective formation from the verb menestyä and the related noun menestys, "success." The term carries a neutral, descriptive tone and is commonly used in business, economics, journalism, and everyday language to characterize achievements, performance, or potential success.

See also

Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives, Finnish noun–adjective agreement.