kohdentuvasta

Kohdentuvasta is a Finnish grammatical term referring to the elative case form of the participial adjective kohdentuva, meaning targetable or able to be targeted. It is used to modify a noun and to indicate origin or source from something that can be targeted. In practice, kohdentuvasta is not a separate lexical item but a morphophonological form of a larger word stem.

Etymology and morphology: The base kohdentuva derives from the verb kohdentua (to target, to direct). When inflected for case, the adjective takes the elative ending -sta, yielding kohdentuvasta. It agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, for example kohdentuvasta järjestelmästä (from the targetable system). In the plural, the form becomes kohdentuvista, as in kohdentuvista järjestelmistä (from the targetable systems).

Usage and nuance: Kohdentuvasta appears primarily in technical or academic Finnish text, particularly in discussions of morphology, semantics, or modules related to targeting concepts. It conveys that the object of reference possesses a characteristic that allows targeting or directing, rather than simply describing a static property. Because it is a derived inflected form rather than a standalone lexeme, its use is context-dependent and most common in formal writing.

See also: kohdentuva, kohdentua, Finnish grammar, participles in Finnish.

Note: Kohdentuvasta is best understood as a grammatical inflection of a participial adjective rather than as an independent concept with a separate dictionary entry.