Selviämään

Selviämään is a form sometimes encountered in Finnish texts, but it is not widely recognized as a standard lemma. It is generally treated as a non-standard spelling variant or a dialectal form of the non-finite forms derived from selviytyä, which means to survive or to cope. In standard Finnish, the common non-finite forms of selviytyä are the bare infinitive selviytyä and the third infinitive selviytymään.

In Finnish grammar, the third infinitive (active) is used in combination with other verbs to express purpose, sequence, or potential action, and the conventional form for the verb “to survive” in that role is selviytymään. The appearance of selviämään is not listed as a separate dictionary entry and does not carry a distinct meaning from the standard forms; when it occurs, it is typically considered a misspelling, a typo, or a regional variant rather than a different word.

Usage notes:

- Selviämään is not considered appropriate for formal or careful writing in standard Finnish.

- If encountered, it is advisable to interpret the intended meaning through the standard forms selviytyä or selviytymään.

- Language learners sometimes produce non-standard variants; editors and Finnish speakers usually correct these to the standard forms.

Etymology:

- The forms derive from the verb selviytyä (to survive, to cope) and the general pattern for Finnish non-finite verb forms, though selviämään is not part of the normative paradigm.

See also:

- Selviytyä

- Selviytyminen

- Pärjätä

- Kestää

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