Tartuttavan

Tartuttavan is a Finnish term that functions as the genitive singular form of the present active participle tartuttava, which comes from the verb tartuttaa meaning to transmit or spread. The participle tartuttava denotes something that can spread infection or is transmissible. In Finnish, participles of this type act as adjectives, and tartuttavan is used in phrases where the noun is in a genitive or part of a larger noun construction, for example tartuttavan taudin oireet or tartuttavan taudin ehkäisy.

Morphology and usage: The base form tartuttava is the nominative present active participle. It declines like an adjective: genitive singular tartuttavan, partitive singular tartuttavaa, etc. Plural forms include tartuttavat (nominative), tartuttavien (genitive), tartuttavia (partitive). The genitive singular tartuttavan appears in phrases describing the capacity to spread infection, such as “tartuttavan taudin…” or “tartuttavan bakteerin…”.

Usage notes: Tartuttavan is primarily found in health-related or scientific contexts and conveys a formal sense of contagiousness or transmissibility. It can describe a disease, a pathogen, or a property of a condition that makes transmission possible. In everyday language, speakers may use simpler terms like tarttuva or other common expressions, but tartuttavan remains standard in official or technical writing.

See also: tartunta, tartuntatauti, tartuttaa, tartuttava.