Sulattavasta

Sulattavasta is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective sulattava, which means meltable or capable of being melted. It is the elative singular form used when describing a noun in contexts that express origin or source, for example in phrases like sulattavasta materiaalista, meaning “from a meltable material” or “of the meltable material.” In practice, sulattavasta functions as an inflected adjective rather than as an independent concept.

In technical and scientific writing, sulattava and its inflected forms are used to characterize substances that can be melted under certain conditions. The interpretation of sulattavasta depends on the accompanying noun, since Finnish adjectives agree with number and case. For instance, sulattavasta metallista would refer to a meltable alloy of metals, while sulattavasta polymeeristä would describe a meltable polymer.

Usage notes and related forms help clarify meaning. Sulattava (meltable) serves as the base form, while sulattava can also appear in other cases (for example, sulattavasta, sulattavan, sulattavaa). The term sulamispiste (melting point) often appears alongside sulattava when discussing materials’ melting properties, and sulattaminen refers to the process of melting itself. The form sulattettava is used to indicate something that should be melted or is to be melted.

Overall, sulattavasta is primarily a grammatical form used in Finnish to describe the meltability of a material within a larger noun phrase.