põhjustavate

Põhjustavate is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the adjective or present participle põhjustav, meaning causative or causing. It is used to express a relation of causation between nouns in a sentence and is the genitive plural form of the adjective. In practice, it appears in phrases where both the noun and its modifier are in the genitive plural, indicating “of/relating to causative factors” or similar meanings.

In linguistic and theoretical usage, põhjustav describes something that causes or brings about an effect. The form põhjustavate commonly appears in analytic or academic language to modify plural nouns in a way that emphasizes causation. For example, the phrase põhjustavate tegurite mõju can be translated as "the influence of causative factors," where tegurite is the genitive plural of tegur (factor) and põhjustavate modifies it accordingly.

Etymology and morphology: põhjustav is built from the noun põhjus (cause) with the suffix -dav, creating a causative or causing meaning. The -vate ending marks the genitive plural adjective form in Estonian, aligning with the noun it modifies in that case.

See also:

- põhjus, meaning cause

- põhjustama, meaning to cause or to bring about

- põhjuslik, meaning causal or causative

Põhjustavate thus functions as a specific grammatical form used to denote causative relationships in plural noun phrases, particularly in formal or scholarly Estonian.

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