Yhdistettävän

Yhdistettävän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish present passive participle yhdistettävä, which is derived from the verb yhdistää meaning “to join, merge, or combine.” The participle yhdistettävä functions as an adjective and describes something that is to be joined or that must be joined. In Finnish, non-finite participles like yhdistettävä are used to form descriptive noun phrases and do not act as finite verbs.

Usage and meaning

The word commonly appears in contexts where an element is intended to be connected with something else, such as manufacturing, data processing, or system integration. The corresponding genitive form yhdistettavan is used to indicate possession or relation in phrases like “yhdistettavan kappaleen kiinnitys” (the fastening of the part to be joined) or “yhdistettavan järjestelmän rajat” (the boundaries of the system to be integrated). It contrasts with yhdistetty (the past participle “joined”) and with finite verb forms of yhdistää.

Grammar notes

- yhdistettävä is the base present passive participle; yhdistettavan is its genitive singular.

- The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, just as other adjectives do in Finnish.

- It is primarily used in descriptive, technical, or formal texts to designate items that are intended to be joined or merged.

Etymology

From the verb yhdistää plus the present passive participle suffix -ttävä; the genitive singular carries the typical -avan/-ävän ending pattern depending on vowel harmony.