Ravitsevaksi

Ravitsevaksi is a Finnish word form that expresses a change of state regarding nutrition. It is the translative form of the adjective ravitseva, meaning nutritious, and is used to indicate turning something into a nutritious state or making it nutritious.

In Finnish grammar, the suffix -ksi marks the translative case, commonly used with verbs of becoming. Therefore ravitsevaksi appears with verbs such as tulla, muuttua, or tehdä to show that something becomes or is made nutritious. For example: Ruoka tuli ravitsevaksi, kun siihen lisättiin palkokasveja (The food became nutritious after legumes were added). Ruoka muuttui ravitsevaksi lisäämällä vihreitä kasviksia ja täysjyväviljaa. Ateria voidaan tehdä ravitsevaksi lisäämällä proteiineja (A meal can be made nutritious by adding proteins).

Usage notes: ravitsevaksi is mainly used in contexts describing a transition to a nutritious state, often in discussions of cooking, meal preparation, or dietary advice. In contrast, ravitseva is used attributively or predicatively to denote that something is nutritious in general, as in ruoka on ravitseva (the food is nutritious).

See also: Finnish grammar on translative case (-ksi) and adjectives used in predicative and change-of-state constructions.