ennustavan

Ennustavan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective ennustava, meaning predictive or prognostic. It appears in phrases where the adjective modifies a noun in the genitive, or in fixed expressions describing a predictive method or forecast. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and the genitive singular form of ennustava is ennustavan.

The root ennustus means “prediction,” and the suffix -va turns it into an adjective meaning “predictive.” The genitive ending -n allows ennustavan to function within noun phrases such as ennustavan tavan (“the predictive method”) or ennustavan mukaan (“according to the predictive method/forecast”). While ennustavan is grammatically regular, it is primarily encountered in descriptive or academic Finnish rather than as a standalone lexical item.

Usage notes and examples:

- ennustavan mukaan tilanne voi muuttua (according to the predictive method, the situation may change).

- ennustavan tulkinta (interpretation of the predictive method).

See also: ennuste, ennustus, ennustaa, ennustava. The term is chiefly of interest in discussions of Finnish grammar and in contexts where predictive or prognostic approaches are being described; for everyday reference to forecasts, the noun ennuste is more common.