aiheutuvaan

aiheutuvaan is not a standard or widely recognized term in Finnish lexicon. It is typically considered a misspelling or a nonstandard/dialectal variant of aiheuttavaan, which would be the illative singular form of the present active participle aiheuttava (meaning “causing”) derived from the verb aiheuttaa (to cause). In standard Finnish, this form would most often be written aiheuttavaan.

In Finnish grammar, the present active participle aiheuttava functions as an adjective-like modifier meaning “causing.” Participles can take inflectional endings that align with the surrounding case of the noun they modify. The illative case, used to indicate direction toward something, has forms such as aiheuttavaan for adjectives modifying a noun in illative contexts. A typical evaluative use would be to describe a situation or factor as “causing” something in a context that requires illative marking.

Usage notes and interpretation: aiheutuvaan is not standard Finnish and is rarely, if ever, used in formal writing. If encountered, it is most appropriate to consider aiheuttavaan as the correct form and aiheutuvaan as a likely error. In practice, speakers would typically convey the intended meaning with aiheuttavaan or rephrase the sentence to avoid ambiguity, for example by using aiheuttavat tekijät (the causing factors) or by situating the phrase in a different case form.

See also: Finnish grammar; participles; illative case; aiheetta kaksi.