esittävästä

Esittävä is Finnish for the present active participle form of the verb esittää, meaning to present, perform, or depict. Used as an adjective, esittävä describes someone or something that presents or performs. In everyday language it appears in phrases such as esittävä taiteilija (performing artist) or esittävä rooli (performing role). As a participle it functions similarly to other -va/-vä adjectives, agreeing with the noun it modifies in number and case.

Esittävästä is the elative singular form of this participle/adjective. It is used when the participle phrase appears in the elative case, for example in constructions indicating origin or source within a clause or noun phrase. A common illustration is esittävästä roolistaan, meaning “from (his/her) performing role.” The form signals a relational or source connection rather than a simple attribute.

In Finnish grammar, esittävä belongs to the class of -va/-vä participles and can serve as an attributive adjective. It is less common as a standalone noun; the related noun for a performer is esittäjä. The term esittävä is mainly encountered in linguistic descriptions and discussions of performing arts, and in contexts where the action of presenting or performing is being described rather than the identity of the performer.