aktivoitavan

Aktivoitavan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb aktivoida, meaning to activate. It is the genitive singular form of the present active participle aktivoitava and is used to describe a noun as something that can be activated. In English, the sense is typically rendered as “activatable” or “that can be activated.”

In Finnish, the present active participle is used to form adjectives that describe capability or ongoing action. The participle aktivoitava attaches to a noun and, when inflected, yields forms such as aktivoitavan in the genitive singular. Thus, aktivoitavan functions as an attributive modifier or as part of a noun phrase in technical language.

Examples of use include phrases like aktivoitavan ominaisuuden asetukset (the settings of the activatable feature), aktivoitavan moduulin tila (the state of the activatable module), and aktivoitavan toiminnon dokumentaatio (documentation for the activatable function). These constructions are common in software, electronics, and user manuals where capabilities are described in terms of what can be activated.

Usage notes: The form is primarily found in written technical contexts rather than in everyday speech. For general prose, Finnish speakers may prefer circumlocutions such as joka voidaan aktivoida (“that can be activated”) instead of the participial adjective aktivoitavan.

See also: aktivoiva, aktivoitava, aktivoida, aktivoituminen.