imeyttämään

Imeyttämään is a Finnish verb form derived from imeä, meaning to absorb or to suck in, with the causative suffix -yttää. It expresses the action of causing something to absorb another substance or to take up moisture, liquid, or other materials. In usage, the verb is transitive: a subject performs the action to make a target undergo absorption. The related noun imeytyminen denotes the process of absorption, while imeyttävä refers to something that causes absorption or is capable of inducing it.

The term is most common in technical, scientific, and industrial contexts, where it describes processes that promote or require sorption. For example, in materials science or textiles, a substance may imeyttää kosteutta into a fabric, meaning it causes moisture to be absorbed by the fabric. In biology or chemistry, the concept can apply to how agents influence the uptake of substances by cells or materials.

Morphologically, imeyttää belongs to the Finnish causative class built on the verb imeä, and imeyttämään is the to-infinitive form used in clauses that express purpose or the action of causing absorption. The word pair imeytyminen (absorption) and imeyttävä (absorptive, causative) are closely related and frequently appear together in technical descriptions.

See also: imeytyminen, imeyttävä, imeyttää.