Parittuvat

Parittuvat is a Finnish verb form that roughly means “they are paired” or “to become paired.” It is derived from the verb parittaa (to pair up, to couple) and is used to describe a state or process in which two or more items are matched into pairs. The form parittuvat is the third-person plural present tense, and in Finnish it often serves a passive-like meaning because the exact agent is not specified in the sentence.

In practice, parittuvat appears in technical or descriptive contexts where pairing is involved. It can describe how elements are grouped into pairs during a procedure, or how biological or genetic elements pair up during a process. For example, in biology one might say kromosomit parittuvat meioosissa (the chromosomes pair during meiosis). In data organization or experimental design, researchers might refer to elements that parittuvat to form paired units.

Related terms include parittelu (the act or process of pairing) and parittuminen (the process of becoming paired). These nouns are used to discuss the action or result of pairing at a higher level, while parittuvat is the finite verb form used to state that pairing is occurring or has occurred for the subjects involved.

Parittuvat is relatively specialized and most often encountered in scientific, technical, or formal Finnish texts. Its use signals that the discussion concerns pairing or matching items into pairs rather than standalone elements.