ohjattavaan

Ohjattavaan is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective ohjattava, which means steerable or controllable. The word describes something that can be guided, directed, or operated by a controller or a set of instructions. As a grammatical form, ohjattavaan is used when referring to a noun in a context that indicates movement toward or destination of the action, such as entering or transitioning into a state, system, or place described as steerable.

In Finnish, ohjattava is a participial adjective derived from the verb ohjata, “to steer” or “to guide.” The form ohjattavaan results from applying the illative case ending to the adjective, signaling “to the steerable/controllable [something].” Other related forms include ohjattavaa (partitive), ohjattavan (genitive), and ohjattavassa (inessive), each serving different syntactic roles while retaining the core meaning of steerability.

Coherence and usage of ohjattavaan are mostly found in technical, scientific, or descriptive prose where states or systems are characterized by their controllability. For example, phrases like ohjattavaan tilaan siirtyminen or ohjattavaan järjestelmään liittyvät vaatimukset illustrate transitions or relations involving a steerable state or system. The exact nuance depends on the surrounding noun and verb structure, but the common thread is the attribute of being controllable.

Etymologically, ohjattavaan links to the verb ohjata and its participial form ohjattava, with the illative suffix -an forming the directional case. It exemplifies how Finnish adjectives take inflection to convey case and number while preserving the base meaning of the root word.