muotouttuvista

Muotouttuvista is a Finnish grammatical form that represents the elative plural of the present active participle muotoutuva, meaning “forming” or “taking shape.” It is used to refer to things that are in the process of forming and to indicate origin or source in phrases where the speaker points to a group, material, or process that is actively developing.

Morphology and meaning: The base form muotoutuva behaves like an adjective in Finnish grammar. To form the elative plural, muotoutuva becomes muotoutuvista. The elative case answers questions like “from where,” and in noun phrases the muotoutuvista form typically modifies a following noun to express meanings such as “from the forming X” or “of the forming X,” for example with nouns like kappaleista (pieces), aineksista (components), or muodoista (forms).

Usage: Muotouttuvista is most common in descriptive or technical Finnish, where processes, materials, or developments are discussed while they are still in progress. It can function as a modifier within a noun phrase, or appear in constructions that emphasize the source or origin of something that is currently forming.

Examples (phrase‑level): muotoutuvista kappaleista, muotoutuvista aineksista, muotoutuvista muodoista. These phrases illustrate how the form attaches to a head noun to convey “from the forming pieces,” “from the forming components,” or “from the forming shapes.” The exact interpretation depends on the head noun and the surrounding context.

See also: muotoutua, Finnish grammar, participles, elative case.