käsitteleviä

Käsitteleviä is a Finnish grammatical form corresponding to the present active participle of the verb käsitellä (to handle, deal with). In its plural partitive form, it functions as an adjective describing nouns, conveying the meaning “dealing with,” “handling,” or “pertaining to.” It is commonly used to characterize topics, issues, or people that engage with a certain matter.

In practice, käsitteleviä appears in noun phrases such as käsitteleviä aiheita (topics that deal with [something]), käsitteleviä ongelmia (problems that involve/concern), or käsitteleviä kysymyksiä (questions that pertain to). It is frequent in academic, journalistic, and formal writing to indicate the scope of discussion or inquiry without introducing a full relative clause.

Morphology and use: the present active participle of käsitellä is formed with the -va/-vä suffix and, when modifying a plural noun in the partitive, takes the form käsitteleviä. For singular references, the corresponding adjective form is käsittelevä (e.g., käsittelevä aihe). The participle can function attributively, directly modifying a noun, or appear in reduced relative clauses to describe what the noun does or concerns.

See also: käsitellä, present active participle (Finnish grammar), Finnish participles.