katkottavat

Katkottavat is a Finnish verb form: it is the third-person plural present indicative of the verb katkottaa, which generally denotes the act of interrupting, breaking off, or causing a stoppage in a process, signal, or flow. The word is built from the stem katkott- and the present-tense suffix -avat, used when the subject is plural.

The noun katkko, meaning interruption or outage, underpins the sense of katkottaa, connecting the idea of an interruption with actions that cause it. In practice, katkottaa conveys that multiple subjects or events are involved in bringing about an interruption or disruption. Because Finnish verbs can be context-dependent, the exact nuance can vary with context, ranging from a temporary disruption to a more substantial break in continuity.

Katkottavat is most likely to appear in technical, journalistic, or formal language describing interruptions in services, communications, or workflows. Common contexts include outages, signal interruptions, or pauses in ongoing activities where multiple factors contribute to the disruption. In everyday usage, speakers might prefer more common verbs such as katkaista or keskeyttää for simpler expressions of interruption, but katkottaa remains a valid, if less frequent, option in describing multiple interruptions.

Related language forms include the infinitive katkottaa, the noun katko (an interruption or outage), and the related verb forms derived from the same root. For readers consulting Finnish dictionaries, katkottaa is typically listed with meanings related to interrupting or breaking off, with katko serving as the noun for the interruption itself.