Synnyttävän

Synnyttävän is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the genitive singular of the present active participle synnyttävä, which comes from the verb synnyttää meaning "to give birth" or "to bear." The participle describes someone or something that gives birth, and as an adjective-like form it agrees with the noun it modifies. The genitive singular synnyttävän is used when the participle acts as a modifier in a genitive phrase.

In usage, synnyttävä and its inflected forms appear in formal or descriptive contexts, such as medical, legal, or academic writing, as well as in descriptive prose. They describe a person or entity that is in the act of giving birth. Because it behaves like an adjective, the form changes to match the case and number of the noun it accompanies.

Examples of common constructions include phrases like synnyttävän naisen tilanne (the situation of the birthing woman) or synnyttävän äidin hoito (care of the mother who is giving birth). Such phrases help specify roles and processes within pregnancy, labor, and childbirth in Finnish texts.

Related terms include synnyttää (to give birth), synnytys (birth/labor), and synnyttäjä (birthing person). The present active participle synnyttävä, with its inflected forms such as synnyttävän, is part of the broader system of Finnish participles that blend verbal meaning with adjectival function.