Voimistavat

Voimistavat is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Finnish verb voimistaa, meaning to strengthen, reinforce, or amplify. The form is used when the subject is plural and the action is to increase the power, effect, or intensity of something. In many contexts it denotes an enhancement of a process, response, or capability.

Etymology and morphology: voimistaa is built from voima, power, with the causative suffix -istaa, producing a meaning of making something more powerful. The root voimist- yields various forms, such as voimistaa (infinitive) and voimistavat (they strengthen). The term is not a separate noun but a finite verb form.

Usage: voimistavat appears in both formal and informal Finnish. Example: Useat tekijät voimistavat vaikutusta. Teknologiatoiminnot voimistavat suorituskykyä. In scientific writing it is common to specify what is strengthened, for instance “tekijät, jotka voimistavat immuunivastetta.”

Notes: As a finite verb form, voimistavat requires a subject and can take objects in the partitive or other cases depending on sentence structure. It is closely related to related forms such as voimistaminen (strengthening) and voimistaa (to strengthen).

See also: voimistaminen, voimistaa.