muuttuvaa

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Muuttuvaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective muuttuva, meaning changing or variable. The word is used to describe a noun in the partitive case, often in contexts where the noun represents an indefinite or ongoing process, quality, or quantity. The base form muuttuva comes from the verb muuttua, “to change,” with the suffix -va forming a present participle or adjectival form.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives and participles decline to agree with the noun they modify. The partitive singular form for this adjective is muuttuvaa, while other common forms include muuttuvan (genitive/dative-like), muuttuvia (partitive plural), and остальные cases follow standard adjective declension. For example: muuttuvaa ilmiötä (a changing phenomenon), muuttuvaa hintaa (a variable price), muuttuvaa dataa (changing data).

Usage and nuance: Muuttuvaa is used to describe properties or phenomena that are not fixed and are subject to change. It is common in scientific, economic, media, and everyday language when discussing trends, forecasts, or dynamic systems. The term conveys ongoing or potential change rather than a completed state, which is reflected by its occurrence with nouns in the partitive case.

See also: muuttuva (present participle/adjective form), Finnish grammar, partitive case, Finnish adjectives and their declension.

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