Näytäviä

Näytäviä is a Finnish present active participle form derived from the verb näyttää, meaning to show or to display. It functions as a participial adjective and is used to describe nouns, indicating that the noun is displaying, showing, or is characterized by showing. The form näytäviä occurs when the participle is inflected for plural and for cases such as the partitive in typical Finnish sentence structure; it agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case.

Morphology and usage: The present active participle is formed with the suffix -va/-vä on the verb stem. For mandar a plural, the participle takes a form that can appear as näytäviä in appropriate contexts, especially when governing nouns in the partitive plural (for example, näytäviä esineitä, “showy/display items”). The exact meaning depends on context: it can mean “displaying” or “on display” in a literal sense, or “showy,” “eye-catching,” or “impressive” in a figurative sense when describing objects or people.

Context and nuance: In Finnish, the same participial form can convey different nuances depending on the noun it modifies and the surrounding words. In exhibition or art-critical language, näytäviä may emphasize items that are being shown or presented. In everyday usage, it can describe something visually striking or attention-grabbing.

See also: Finnish participles, present active participles, -va/-vä suffix, Finnish morphology.