koskevalla

Koskevalla is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb koskea, meaning to touch or to concern. In its basic sense, koskeva acts as a present active participle meaning “concerning” or “pertaining to.” The form koskevalla is the adessive singular inflection of koskeva, used when the noun it modifies is in the adessive case.

In practice, koskevalla is a participial construction that expresses relevance or applicability of the noun to the action or domain described by the participle. It functions as an attributive modifier, similar to an adjective, but the sense is often closer to “concerning/regarding” or “affecting.” Finnish speakers may choose to render the same idea with a relative clause (for example, “asetus, joka koskee …”) in ordinary prose; the participial form is more common in formal, legal, or compact phrasing and in headings or bullet lists.

Grammatically, koskeva yields several inflected forms to match different cases and numbers of the noun it modifies. Examples include koskeva (nominative), koskevan (genitive), koskevaa (partitive), and koskevalla (adessive), among others. The exact choice depends on the noun’s role in the sentence.

Origin and meaning: koskevalla stems from koskea, with the figurative sense of “concerning” or “affecting” rather than a literal touch. As a result, it is primarily a stylistic and grammatical tool in Finnish, used to compress information in formal contexts.

Overall, koskevalla is a specialized inflected form of a participle used to indicate that something concerns or relates to a given noun, most often found in formal writing rather than everyday language.