Toivottavien

Toivottavien is a Finnish grammatical form used as the genitive plural of the adjective toivottava, meaning desriable or to be hoped for. It functions to modify a noun in a genitive phrase, typically describing multiple items or properties that are considered desirable. In practice, toivottavien appears most often in phrases such as toivottavien ominaisuuksien lista, meaning the list of desirable features.

Morphology and usage notes:

Toivottavasta is the stem form, with -ttava forming a participial adjective from the verb root toivoa (to hope or to desire). The genitive plural ending for the adjective is -ien, yielding toivottavien. The corresponding nominative plural is toivottavat, the genitive singular is toivottavan, and the partitive is toivottavaa. When used in noun phrases, the adjective agrees with the noun in number and case, so toivottavien modifies a plural noun in genitive, as in toivottavien ominaisuuksien lista.

Semantic nuance:

The term carries a normative or evaluative sense, indicating what is considered desirable or worth pursuing. It is common in formal, academic, or design-oriented contexts, such as requirements analysis, product development, ethics, or policy discussions, where criteria or features are described as desirable to meet.

Examples:

- Toivottavien ominaisuuksien lista on julkaistu, ja se ohjaa tuotekehitystä. (The list of desirable features has been published and guides product development.)

- Arvioinnin perusteella projekti keskittyy toivottavien ominaisuuksien määrittelyyn.

See also:

- toivottava (adjective)

- Finnish adjectives and the -ttava suffix

- genitive in Finnish noun-adjective phrases