häiritsevän

Häiritsevän is a Finnish inflected form of the present active participle häiritsevä, which means disturbing, disturbing, or annoying. The participle derives from the verb häiritä (to disturb, bother) and behaves like an adjective in Finnish grammar. Häiritsevä describes a noun that causes disturbance or nuisance, and it declines like any other adjective.

The form häiritsevän is the genitive singular of häiritsevä. This means it is used to modify a noun that is in genitive case or to form a noun phrase in contexts such as "häiritsevän valon vuoksi" (because of the disturbing light) or "häiritsevän äänen vaikutus" (the effect of the disturbing noise). In the nominative, the same word would appear as häiritsevä: "häiritsevä ääni" (a disturbing noise). Finnish adjectives and participles do not show gender, so häiritsevän can modify masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns in the appropriate case and number.

Usage notes and nuance: häiritsevän conveys a negative or nuisance-oriented evaluation of the described thing, often used in descriptive, evaluative, or critical contexts. It is common in written Finnish, technical descriptions, media critiques, and casual speech when characterizing noise, light, behavior, or other elements that disrupt or irritate.

Related forms include häiritsevä (the base adjective), häiritseminen (the act or process of disturbing), and the broader noun häiriö or häirintä for disturbance or interference. The term belongs to the same lexical field as other evaluative adjectives formed from verbs of disturbance.