Pysäyttävät

Pysäyttävät is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb pysäyttää, meaning to stop, halt, or arrest. The form is used when the subject of the sentence is plural and actively causes something else to come to a stop. It can refer to stopping physical motion, halting a process, or arresting someone, depending on context.

Usage and examples:

- Literal stop: Poliisit pysäyttävät auton. (The police stop the car.)

- Metaphorical stop or halt: Kiistat pysäyttävät kehityksen. (The disputes halt development.)

- Arrest in a law enforcement sense: Poliisit pysäyttävät epäillyn. (The police stop/arrest the suspect.)

Grammatical notes:

- The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the accusative/genitive forms, such as auton, epäiltyn, kehityksen, etc.

- The form pysäyttävät corresponds to a plural subject in present tense; singular subjects would use pysäyttää (he/she stops) or other person/number-specific forms.

Related forms:

- Pysäyttävä: present active participle meaning stopping or arresting; often used as an adjective.

- Pysäytys: a noun meaning a stop, halt, or stoppage.

- Pysyä/pysähtyä: related verbs for “to stay” or “to come to a stop,” with different semantics.

Etymology:

- Derived from the verb pysäyttää, itself meaning to stop or halt. The form is one of several inflected ways the verb can take to agree with different subjects and tenses.

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