Piirtävien

Piirtävien is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the genitive plural of the present active participle piirtävä, which comes from the verb piirtää meaning to draw. In Finnish, participles can function as adjectives or as noun-like modifiers, and piirtävien is used when describing or attributing a property to a group of people or things based on drawing.

Usage of piirtävien occurs mainly inside noun phrases in which the participle-modified noun is in a genitive relationship with another noun. The typical meaning is “of those who draw” or “belonging to those who draw.” It is not a standalone common noun but a morphological form that helps articulate possession or association within a larger noun phrase. For example, piirtävien ihmisten piirustukset translates to “the drawings of the people who draw” or more loosely “the drawings by the artists who draw.” This illustrates how piirtävien functions as a modifier identifying the group by its activity.

Notes:

- Piirtävien forms other than the genitive plural exist in other cases and with different modifiers, but its primary use as a genitive plural marks association to a group characterized by drawing.

- In everyday language, speakers may use simpler constructions (such as piirtäjä or people who draw) instead of the participle-based form, depending on formality and stylistic choice.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, genitive case, noun phrases.