Rauhoittaviin

Rauhoittaviin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective rauhoittava, meaning calming or soothing. The form is used when the adjective modifying a plural noun is in the illative case, typically indicating movement toward or relation to the calmming effects or calming substances described by the noun. In practice, rauhoittaviin functions as a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item with a separate meaning.

Morphology and usage: The base adjective rauhoittava derives from the verb rauhoittaa (to calm, soothe). In the illative plural it appears as rauhoittaviin, for example with a noun in illative like vaikutuksiin (to effects) or aineisiin (to substances). Other related forms include rauhoittavia (partitive plural) and rauhoittavien (genitive plural). The illative plural form is common in scientific, medical, and descriptive Finnish when speaking about multiple targets of calming properties or effects.

Typical contexts: Rauhoittaviin is used to describe things with soothing properties, such as herbal extracts, medications, or therapies, when the grammar requires the illative plural. Examples of usage include discussions of mechanisms behind calming effects, or when listing multiple calming substances or effects to which a statement refers. It is primarily a grammatical form; its meaning aligns with the root rauhoittava in contexts involving soothing or tranquilizing properties.

See also: rauhoittava, rauhoittava vaikutus, Finnish grammar, inflection of adjectives.