lävistävää

Lävistävää is a Finnish adjective form meaning piercing or penetrating. It is derived from the verb lävistää, which means to pierce through or stab through. The word is used to describe something that cuts through space, substance or perception, either literally (such as a physical piercing) or figuratively (such as a piercing gaze or a piercing cold).

In usage, lävistävää describes intensity and sharpness. It commonly appears with nouns in singular form, and can be used in various grammatical cases as part of an adjective phrase. For example, lävistävä kylmyys conveys the idea of piercing cold, and lävistävä katse refers to a piercing gaze. The phrase lävistävää vaikutusta can describe a strong, penetrating effect. The partitive singular form lävistävää is used when the adjective modifies a mass or indefinite quantity, as in lävistävää kipua or lävistävää vaikutusta. Finns also use the related noun lävistys to denote the act or result of piercing, such as a body piercing, while the verb lävistää means to pierce through.

Morphology and related terms: lävistävä is the present active participle form, and its adjective forms follow standard Finnish declension patterns. The word is closely related to lävistää and to the noun lävistys; together they cover the acts and descriptions of piercing, both literal and metaphorical. Lävistävää is commonly found in descriptive prose and poetry to express intensity or sharpness of sensory experiences.

See also: lävistää, lävistys, piercing.