Syntyvät

Syntyvät is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Finnish verb syntyä, which means to be born or to originate. The word is used to describe births in a population as well as the emergence or origin of non-physical things such as ideas, phenomena, or events. As a general sense, syntyä expresses coming into existence or arising, either concretely (offspring) or abstractly (new trends, possibilities).

In everyday language, syntyä is intransitive, and syntyvät refers to multiple subjects that come into being. For example, Uudet ideat syntyvät usein ryhmäkeskusteluissa (New ideas arise often in group discussions). Another example is Lajit syntyvät monissa evolutiivisissa prosesseissa (Species arise in many evolutionary processes). The verb can describe natural or spontaneous processes as well as deliberate outcomes, depending on context.

Grammatically, syntyä has the infinitive syntyä and other forms that align with Finnish conjugation patterns for intransitive verbs. The form syntyvät is used when the subject of the sentence is plural, whereas syntyy would be used with a singular subject. The word carries both concrete and figurative meanings, which allows it to appear in scientific, literary, and news contexts.

Etymologically, syntyä is a native Finnish verb with roots in concepts of birth and origin. It has cognates in other Finnic languages that reflect the idea of coming into existence. In contrast, the related verb synnyttää means to give birth or to cause something to occur, and is not interchangeable with syntyä in most contexts.

See also: syntyä, synnyttää, ilmaston synty.