muodostavista

Muodostavista is a Finnish grammatical form of the present active participle muodostava, meaning forming or constituting. It is the elative plural form, used to express origin or source in phrases referring to groups or processes that are in the act of forming. As a participial adjective, muotostavista agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, taking the noun’s endings in sentences.

In Finnish grammar, the present active participle muodostava derives from the verb muodostaa (to form, to constitute). The participle is declined like other -va/-vä adjectives. Examples of the full range include nominative singular muodostava, genitive singular muodostavan, partitive singular muodostavaa, nominative plural muodostavat, partitive plural muodostavia, genitive plural muodostavien, and elative plural muodostavista. The elative singular form is muodostavasta. The elative plural form muodostavista is used when the modified noun is in elative plural or when the phrase as a whole expresses origin “from those who are forming” or “from forming [things].”

Usage notes: muodostavista is most common in written Finnish, especially in descriptive, technical, or scholarly contexts. It frequently appears in noun phrases describing groups or processes that are currently in formation. The exact translation into English depends on the case of the noun it accompanies; it can be rendered as “forming,” “forming ones,” or “from those who are forming,” depending on context.

See also: present active participle, Finnish grammar, -va/-vä adjectives.