Säätelevänä

Säätelevänä is the essive form of the Finnish adjective säätelevä, meaning regulating or governing. The essive case expresses a temporary state or role, so säätelevänä means “as a regulator” or “in the capacity of regulating.” It is commonly used in formal or analytical Finnish to describe entities or factors that exert regulatory influence within a system.

Usage and examples: It often appears with nouns such as tekijä (actor), elin (organ/body), toimija (agent), or with substantive terms like lainsäädäntö (legislation), säädökset (regulations), and politiikka (policy). For example: “Lainsäädäntöä voidaan nähdä säätelevänä tekijänä markkinoiden toiminnassa.” Another example: “Ympäristöpolitiikassa verotuksen vaikutus on säätelevänä tekijänä teollisuuden päästöille.” The phrase emphasizes the regulatory role rather than a permanent attribute.

Form and variation: Säätelevänä is the singular essive form; the plural would be säätelevinä, used when describing multiple entities in the same role. The stem is säätelev-, derived from the verb säädellä or säätää; the adjective form is commonly treated as a lexical unit meaning regulating.

Relation to related terms: It contrasts with translative forms like sääteleväksi, which express a change of state (to become regulating) or “to become a regulator.” In everyday language the form may be used with various nouns to convey regulatory function within legal, political, or organizational contexts.