muodostuville

Muodostuville is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the present active participle muodostuva, meaning forming or being formed. In practice it functions as an adjective in the allative plural, indicating direction or recipient toward entities that are in the process of forming or being formed. The form is primarily used in linguistic descriptions and some formal contexts to express “to/for the forming [groups/instances].”

Morphology and usage context: Finnish adjectives and participles inflect for number and case to agree with the noun they modify. The allative plural ending is -ille, so muotOSTUva becomes muodostuville when used with a plural noun in the allative case. This construction can appear with animate or inanimate referents that are conceptually in a forming state, such as groups, projects, or plans described as forming or developing.

Examples:

- Koulutusta tarjotaan muodostuville ryhmille. (Training is offered to the forming groups.)

- Ohjelma on suunnattu muodostuville kohderyhmille. (The program is directed at the forming target groups.)

- Tutkimuksessa käytettiin muodostuville ryhmille suunnattuja ohjeita. (The study used instructions intended for the forming groups.)

Notes: Muodostuville is a specialized form most often encountered in linguistic or grammatic discussions rather than everyday speech. In ordinary writing, speakers might rephrase with a relative clause or use a simpler noun phrase to avoid the allative adjective construction.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish participles, allative case.