ilmentivät

Ilmentivät is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb ilmentää. It means "they manifested" or "they revealed" and is used to describe things that became evident, demonstrated, or were made known. The verb belongs to a semantic field of manifestation and disclosure, and its related nouns include ilmentymä (manifestation) and ilmentäminen (manifesting).

Usage and register: Ilmentää is used mainly in written and formal Finnish, including analytical writing, journalism, and historical prose. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer synonyms such as paljastua (to reveal) or tulla ilmi (to come to light). The past plural form ilmentivät agrees with a plural subject and is formed from the stem ilmentä- plus the standard past-tense suffix -ivät.

Notes: The meaning can range from literal manifestation (an observable phenomenon) to figurative disclosure (a previously hidden trait becomes obvious). The word is not common in casual conversation and is more typical of literary or academic contexts.