Rahastatava

Rahastatava is a Finnish adjective derived from the verb rahastaa. It corresponds to a present passive participle form and is used to describe something that is related to fundraising or soliciting money. The exact meaning depends on context: in neutral or formal contexts it often refers to fundraising activities or campaigns; in colloquial or negative contexts it can carry a sense of extortion or demanding money under pressure.

Etymology and grammar: The word combines rahastaa, meaning to raise money or to fundraise (and, in some uses, to extort), with the passive participle suffix -tava, producing rahastatava. In practice, the more common participles are rahastava (funding or fundraising-related) and rahastettava (to be fund-raised or fund-raisable). Rahastatava is less frequent and may appear mainly in specific stylistic or technical registers, such as legal or analytical texts, where a passive or descriptive nuance is intended.

Usage notes: Because rahastaa historically encompassed both fundraising and extortion, the term rahastatava can be ambiguous if taken out of context. In contemporary standard Finnish, the intended sense is typically clarified by surrounding words (for example, explicit references to charitable fundraising or to coercive demands), and writers often prefer more precise phrases such as rahankeräys or rahastaminen for fundraising, or rahastus for extortion to avoid misinterpretation.

See also: rahastaa, rahastaminen, rahankeräys, rahastus, extortion in Finnish criminal language.