Vapauttaman

Vapauttaman is a Finnish linguistic term that refers to a specific grammatical form derived from the verb vapauttaa, meaning to liberate or release. It is not a common everyday headword, but appears in formal or historical contexts to denote the act of emancipation or liberation as a noun phrase.

Vapauttaman originates from vapauttaa by adding the nominalizing suffix -ma to form vapauttama, which means the act of liberating. Vapauttaman is the genitive singular of that noun, used to link the act of liberating to another noun. For example, vapauttaman teko means “the act of liberating,” with vapauttaman functioning as the possessed element in the phrase.

In contemporary Finnish, the standalone use of vapauttaman is rare. More common expressions are vapautus (liberation) or vapauttava (liberating). Vapauttaman tends to occur in literary, legal, or historical texts when discussing emancipation or freeing actions, and it can appear in compounds or as a dependent form within larger noun phrases.

Examples of usage include sentences such as “Vapauttaman teko johti lopulta vapauteen” (“The act of liberating led to freedom”) and “kronikassa mainittiin vapauttaman oikeuden antoa” (in the chronicle, the granting of the liberating right is mentioned). The form illustrates how Finnish nominalization and possessive linkage operate in more formal registers.

See also: vapauttaa, vapautus, vapauttava, vapauttajan, emancipation.