kasvanut

Kasvanut is a Finnish word meaning "grown" or "grown-up." It is the past participle form of the verb kasvaa, which means to grow. In Finnish, kasvanut is used as an adjective to describe something that has completed growth or reached maturity, and it can describe plants, animals, people, or populations that have grown to a larger size or developed to a certain stage. It is commonly used in everyday language as well as in scientific or descriptive writing.

The term appears in phrases such as “kasvanut puu” (a grown tree) or “kasvanut lapsi” (a child who has grown). It can also occur predicatively with the verb “on,” as in “Puu on kasvanut” (The tree has grown). The nuance is that kasvanut indicates a resulting state rather than a current process of growing.

Etymology: kasvanut derives from the verb kasvaa, meaning to grow. It is a Finnish cognate of similar Finnic words like Estonian kasvada, reflecting a common linguistic heritage.

See also: Finnish language; kasvu; kasvaa.