kevenevää

Kevenevää is a Finnish adjective form derived from the verb keventyä, meaning to become lighter or to ease. As a participial adjective, kevenevää describes something that is in the process of becoming lighter or is lighter in character, weight, or burden. The form is most commonly seen in the partitive singular, for example in phrases like kevenevää ruokaa, meaning “lighter food.”

Usage and meaning

The word is used in a variety of contexts to indicate a reduction in heaviness—physical weight, load, or volume, as well as metaphorical lightness such as mood or atmosphere. In dietary or culinary contexts, kevenevää describes foods that are easier to digest or less heavy than typical dishes. In logistics or tasks, it can describe a load or workload that is decreasing in burden.

Morphology

Kevenevää is the partitive singular form of kevenevä, the present participle adjective derived from keventyä (to lighten, to ease). Finnish adjectives inflect for case and number, so kevenevän, kevenevää, kevenevää, etc., appear in different grammatical roles as required by the sentence.

Examples

- Kevenevää ruokaa kannattaa valita kevyeen ruokavalioon pyrkivässä ruokailussa.

- Kun kuorma kevenee, kuljetus on helpompi järjestää.

- Hän kertoi olon kevenevän, kun työlistaa jännittävä määrä väheni.

See also

Related terms include keventyä (to become lighter), kevenevä (the basic adjective form), and keventäminen (the act of lightening or easing). kevenevää is not a proper noun; it functions within descriptive Finnish grammar to convey partial or ongoing reduction in heaviness.