peittävinä

Peittävinä is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb peittää, meaning to cover. It is the plural essive form of the present active participle peittävä, and it is used to express a temporary state or role, roughly translating to “as coverings” or “as covering materials.” The form is most common in technical or descriptive contexts where multiple items are described in their function as coverings.

In usage, peittävinä describes objects that serve the role of covering or protecting something. It often appears with another noun in a phrase such as peittävinä kalvoina (as covering films) or peittävinä kerroksina (as covering layers). In predicative constructions, it can function with a copular verb to state what something is used as, for example, Ne toimivat peittävinä (They function as coverings).

Morphologically, peittävinä is formed from the participle stem peittäv-, combined with the essive plural ending -inä. The stem itself comes from peittää (to cover) with the present active participle suffix, yielding a word that carries the sense of “covering” and, in its plural essive form, indicates multiple items taking on that role.

Etymology and related forms: peittävä is the present active participle meaning “covering.” Related forms include the base verb peittää and other participial forms used in different cases and numbers, such as peittävä (singular) and peittävinä (plural essive). The essive case in Finnish signals a temporary state or role, distinguishing peittävinä from other case forms.

See also: Finnish grammar, present active participles, essive case, peittää.