juomatta

Juomatta is a Finnish adverbial participle derived from the verb juoda, meaning “to drink.” It expresses that an action is carried out without drinking or that the subject did not drink in a given situation. In Finnish grammar, juomatta belongs to the family of negative adverbial participles, formed with a suffix such as -tta/-ttä, similar to other participles like kirjoittamatta (not writing) or lukematta (not reading).

Usage and function: Juomatta can describe the manner or circumstance of an action, indicating that it happened without consuming a beverage. It can appear in subordinate clauses to set conditions or situational context and, because Finnish allows adverbial participles to stand in for shorter clauses, juomatta can contribute to compact, participial constructions. The form is most commonly found in formal, literary, or historical texts and is relatively rare in everyday speech.

Morphology and variation: The exact form follows the general pattern of negative adverbial participles in Finnish, with the suffix indicating negation of the action. While juomatta is recognizable to speakers, its use tends to reflect a more stylistic or archival register rather than common contemporary vernacular.

Examples: In practice, juomatta appears in contexts where the writer wants to emphasize that drinking did not occur alongside another action. It is typically encountered in written Finnish rather than in casual dialogue.

See also: Finnish grammar; Negative adverbial participles; Verb forms; Juoda.

Notes: As Finnish grammar can present multiple closely related participial forms, juomatta should be understood as part of a broader system of adverbial participles used to express negation of an action.