myöntyvään

Myöntyä is a Finnish verb meaning to yield, to give in, or to consent. The word myöntyvään is a grammatical form derived from this verb and is used primarily in a participial or adjective-like role. In practice, myöntyvään conveys a sense of being inclined to yield or to acquiesce, and it is most commonly found in literary or historical Finnish rather than in everyday speech.

Morphology and use: myönty- is the verbal stem, with the present participle suffix -vä to form myöntyvä, meaning “yielding” or “amenable.” The form myöntyvään is an inflected variant of this participle, adapted to fit various grammatical contexts through Finnish case endings. As a result, it can function in a sentence as an attributive modifier before a noun or in predicative position, depending on the surrounding grammar. The core idea remains that of a disposition toward yielding or agreement, though the exact shade of meaning can shift with the noun it modifies or the case used.

Usage notes: The form is relatively uncommon in contemporary everyday Finnish and is more typical of older texts, translations, or formal diction. It belongs to the broader system of participles that describe personality traits or dispositions (such as being permissive or compliant) and can appear in phrases indicating a yielding character or tendency.

See also: myöntyä, myöntyvä.