Paljastuvaan

Paljastuvaan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb paljastua, meaning “to be revealed” or “to come to light.” It is the present active participle paljastuva combined with the illative (into) suffix -an, a construction that appears in linguistic descriptions to illustrate how participles can take case endings in Finnish. In practical terms, paljastuvaan is used mainly in academic or descriptive contexts to discuss the state of something that is in the process of being revealed and to show how the participle can function in various case forms.

In morphology, the base verb paljastua yields a present active participle paljastuva, which describes an ongoing or potential revealing. When inflected for the illative, it becomes paljastuvaan, signaling motion toward or into a state of revealing. This form can occur in phrases where a noun is modified by a participial adjective that requires a directional case, or where a scholarly discussion treats the participle as a nominal element with a case ending. The exact syntactic position of paljastuvaan—whether attributive to a noun, part of a larger predicate, or used in a specialized construct—follows standard Finnish rules for participles and adjectives adapting to case.

Usage and prevalence: paljastuvaan is not common in everyday Finnish speech. It is primarily found in grammars, linguistics texts, and theoretical discussions of participle inflection and case systems. In ordinary language, speakers are more likely to use the base verb paljastua or a simpler adjectival form such as paljastuva in contexts that do not require an illative ending.

See also: Finnish grammar, paljastua, participles, illative case, adjectives in Finnish.