hajoittavat

Hajoittavat is a Finnish verb form derived from hajoittaa, meaning to decompose, break down, or disintegrate. It is used both as a present active participle and as a finite verb form (third-person plural present). In both uses it denotes agents or processes that cause decomposition or breakdown of substances.

In practice, hajoittavat appears frequently in scientific and technical contexts to describe substances or organisms that promote decomposition. As a attributive adjective it agrees with the noun in number, for example hajoittavat bakteerit (decomposing bacteria) or hajoittavat aineet (decomposing substances). Finite usage is seen in sentences like Ne hajoittavat orgaanista ainesta nopeasti, meaning They decompose organic matter quickly.

Related terms include hajoaminen (decomposition), hajoittaminen (the act of decomposing), and hajoittuva (decomposable or capable of decomposition). The qualifier biohajoava is commonly used to mean biodegradable, indicating that a substance can break down through natural biological processes.

Overall, hajoittavat functions as a versatile descriptor in Finnish for processes, substances, or organisms that cause or participate in the breakdown of materials, especially in chemistry, biology, and environmental science.