niputtavissa

Niputtavissa is a Finnish morphological form built from the verb niputtaa, meaning to pinch or nip. The form uses the suffix -ttavissa, which in Finnish generally denotes potential or capability, yielding an adjective-like word that can be translated roughly as “able to be nipped” or “nipppable.” In practice, niputtavissa is used to describe objects or materials that can be pinched, squeezed, or clipped without damage in a given context. The construction is primarily descriptive or technical and is not common in everyday speech.

Grammatically, niputtavissa functions as an -ttava/-ttavissa adjective, and it agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case just like other Finnish adjectives. It typically appears in phrases such as niputtavissa oleva materiaali (“material that can be pinched”) or when describing properties in manuals and technical texts. Because it is a specialized descriptive form, it is more likely to be encountered in instructional writing, product descriptions, or linguistic explanations of Finnish word formation than in casual dialogue.

Relation to other forms: the -ttavissa suffix is part of a broader family of Finnish adjectives expressing potentiality, such as syötävissä from syödä (to eat), meaning edible in a given context. Niputtavissa thus exemplifies Finnish word formation where verb stems combine with -ttavissa to convey capability regarding the action of the verb. See also Finnish grammar and -ttavissa/-ttava constructions for further context.