Päättyvien

Päättyvien is a Finnish word form that originates from the verb päättyä, meaning "to end" or "to come to an end." It is the present active participle, in its genitive plural form, of päättyvä. As a participle, päättyvä describes something that ends or finishes, and it can function like an adjective in a noun phrase. The form päättyvien is specifically used when the participle is declined to agree with a noun in the genitive plural.

Morphology and usage

In Finnish, the present active participle of -va/-vä verbs is declined like an adjective. For the genitive plural, the ending is -vien, so päättyvä becomes päättyvien in that case. Therefore, päättyvien appears inside noun phrases such as päättyvien tapahtumien or päättyvien projektien, translating roughly to “of the ending events” or “of the finishing projects.” The participle mainly appears in written or formal contexts, where it helps describe characteristics of a group or a set of things that are in the process of ending or have come to an end.

Examples

- Päättyvien tapahtumien aikataulu viittaa siihen, kun ohjelma loppuu. (The schedule of the events that are ending indicates when the program ends.)

- Päättyvien projektien hallinta vaatii tarkkaa suunnittelua. (Managing the finishing projects requires careful planning.)

- Hän puhui päättyvien jaksojen vaikutuksista. (He spoke about the effects of the ending episodes.)

See also

Finnish grammar, present active participle, verb päättyä.