Parsittavan

Parsittavan is a term encountered in some Finnish-language linguistic writings as the genitive singular form of the present passive participle parsittava, used mainly for illustrative purposes to explain participial constructions in Finnish grammar. The form represents “that which is to be parsed,” functioning as a modifier of a noun within a noun phrase. In practice, parsittavan is not an everyday lexical item but a grammatical example used to demonstrate how participles combine with nouns and how case agreement works in complex phrases.

Morphology and usage in Finnish grammar: -ttava is a common suffix that yields present passive participles, and -van as a genitive-ending variant shows up when the participial modifier directly precedes a genitive noun. Thus parsittavan lauseen would translate roughly to “the sentence to be parsed” or “the sentence that is to be parsed.” This pattern helps illustrate how Finnish forms express future or potential actions through participles and how they interact with case endings in phrases.

Examples of typical contexts include grammar explanations and textbooks that focus on noun phrases, describable actions, or the semantics of parsing tasks. Parsittavan is most relevant in discussions about how to form and parse complex modifiers, rather than as a term used in everyday Finnish prose.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, -ttava, noun phrases. In academic references, parsittavan appears as an example of participial modification and genitive agreement rather than as a common vocabulary item.