kujutatav

Kujuttatav is a Finnish adjective that is not widely attested in modern standard usage. It is generally considered a nonstandard, dialectal, or historical variant of forms that express possibility or imagination. In contemporary Finnish, the meanings closest to kujuttatav are conveyed by kuvittettava or kuviteltavissa, meaning “that can be imagined” or “conceivable.”

Etymology and form: The term appears to be related to the verb kuvitella (to imagine) and resembles other Finnish participial forms formed with the -ttava/-ttavat suffixes. Because kujuttatav is not a standard dictionary entry, its precise inflection and acceptability are uncertain, and it is often treated as a variant rather than a distinct lexeme.

Usage: In theory, kujuttatav would describe content that exists only in imagination or that is possible to conceive. In practice, writers use standard equivalents such as kuviteltavissa oleva (a situation that is imaginable/conceivable) or kuvittettava (imagined or to be imagined), depending on the syntactic context. If kujuttatav appears, it is typically in older texts, dialectal material, or as a typographical variant rather than as a normative form.

Relation to related terms: The concept is closely related to kuvittaminen (imagining), kuvitus (imagination or imagery), and kuviteltu (imagined). For clear communication, preferred standard terms are kuvittettava or kuviteltavissa.

See also: kuvittaminen, kuvitus, kuviteltu, kuviteltavissa, kuvittela.

Notes: Because kujuttatav is not part of the standard Finnish lexicon, refer to Kielitoimiston sanakirja or contemporary corpora for preferred terminology and usage in formal writing.