hylätessään

Hylätessään is a Finnish word that functions as a temporal adverbial participle. It is the third infinitive of the verb "hylätä," which means to abandon, desert, reject, or forsake. The form "hylätessään" specifically translates to "when/while abandoning" or "upon abandoning." It indicates an action that is happening concurrently with or immediately preceding another action described in the main clause of the sentence, and the subject of the verb "hylätä" is the same as the subject of the main clause.

For example, in the sentence "Hän lähti talosta hylätessään kaiken omaisuutensa," the word "hylätessään" describes the action of abandoning. The sentence translates to "He left the house while abandoning all his possessions" or "He left the house upon abandoning all his possessions." This grammatical construction is commonly used in Finnish to express a subordinate action linked to the main action, emphasizing the circumstances or the simultaneous event. The suffix "-ssään" indicates possession, referring back to the subject of the sentence performing the action of abandoning. It is a nuanced grammatical feature that allows for concise expression of complex temporal relationships within Finnish sentences.