määrittyvän

määrittyvän is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb määritellä, which means “to define” or “to determine.” The word is a partitive case of the adjective-like form määrittyvä, which in turn functions as both a participle and a noun. In its adjectival usage, määrittyvä denotes something that is being defined or determinate, akin to “specifying” or “definitive.” When the partitive ending –vän is attached, the form indicates an action in progress or an object that is subject to determination, translating roughly to “being defined” or “in the process of being defined.” This form is frequently used in technical, legal, and scientific contexts where the subject of definition is intentionally left open or ongoing. For example, “Käytäntöä on edelleen määrittyvän” means “The procedure is still being determined.” As a noun, määrittyvä (and its inflected forms like määrittyvän) can refer to the definition itself or the defining status; it is often seen in legal documents, philosophical texts, and design specifications. The word is gender-neutral in Finnish, where grammatical gender does not impact the inflection. Its relationship to related terms includes määritelmä (definition), määritti (past tense of määritellä), and määrittely (act of defining).