kaukaisivat
Kaukaisivat is a Finnish word that appears as a finite verb form in some texts. It is not a standard entry in most Finnish dictionaries, and its exact mood, tense, or person can be ambiguous without context. In contemporary Finnish, the verb meaning “to distance” is kaukaistaa, and its most common third-person plural conditional form is kaukaistaisivat. Because kaukaisivat lacks the ta-isi- sequence typical of that standard form, it is generally treated as nonstandard, dialectal, or as a possible misspelling or contraction of kaukaistaisivat in some writings.
Possible interpretations in practice include:
- A dialectal or archaic variant of a verb meaning “they would distance/estrange.”
- A misspelling or typographical error for kaukaistaisivat in modern Finnish texts.
- An isolated usage in poetry or regional varieties where standard inflection patterns are altered.
- In formal writing and standard Finnish, kaukaistaa and kaukaistaisivat are preferred for the infinitive and the
- If kaukaisivat appears in a text, reading it with attention to surrounding morphology can help determine
- kaukaistaa (to distance, to estrange)
- kaukaisuus (distance, remoteness)
See also: Finnish verb conjugation, regional dialects of Finnish, Kaukaisuus as a concept of remoteness.