muuttavien

Muuttavien is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the genitive plural of the present active participle muatav/ muuttava, derived from the verb muuttaa meaning to move or to change. The present active participle describes ongoing action and functions like an adjective. In Finnish, when such participles modify a head noun in a genitive plural, the form often takes the -vien ending, producing muuttavien.

In use, muuttavien appears in noun phrases where the head noun is in the genitive plural. It signals that the described subjects are those that are performing or characterized by changing or moving actions. Examples include phrases like muuttavien ihmisten tarinat (“the stories of the changing people”) or muuttavien alueiden kehitys (“the development of changing regions”). The form is typical in written Finnish, especially in descriptive or analytic contexts, and it agrees in number and case with the head noun it modifies.

Relation to other forms: muuttavien is the genitive plural form of the present active participle. Other related forms include the singular nominative muuttava (the changing one) and finite verb forms such as muuttavat (they change) or muuttaa (to move/change). The participle muuttaa can function attributively before a noun in its base form, while muuttavien is used when the head noun is in genitive plural.

Summary: Muuttavien illustrates how Finnish adjectives formed from verbs via the -va/-vä participle pattern combine with genitive plural nouns, enabling precise descriptions of multiple subjects engaged in ongoing change or movement.