muodostautuvasta

Muodostautuvasta is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the elative singular of the present active participle of the verb muodostua. The present active participle is formed with the suffix -va/-vä on the verb stem, yielding muodostuva, meaning “forming” or “that is forming.” When the participle is declined, it behaves like an adjective, taking case endings. In the elative singular, the ending is -sta/-stä, producing muodostautuvasta.

The function of muodostautuvasta is to indicate origin or source from something that is in the process of formation. It is commonly used in descriptive or technical texts to emphasize ongoing development or formation of a noun it modifies. It can appear in attributive phrases (modifying a noun) or in adpositional contexts where the elative relation is expressed.

Morphologically, muodostautuvasta consists of the stem muodostautu- (from muodostua) plus the present participle suffix -va/-vä, followed by the elative ending -sta. Its plural forms would be muodostautuvista (elative plural) and related cases similarly formed, depending on syntactic needs.

Usage notes:

- More common in scientific, geological, or formal descriptive writing where processes are foregrounded.

- Usually modifies a noun, as in muodostautuvasta materiaalista “from the forming material,” indicating material still undergoing formation.

- It is one of several Finnish participial forms derived from muodostua, illustrating how participles function as adjectives in complex noun phrases.

See also: Finnish grammar, present active participle, elative case.