pidentävät

Pidentävät is a Finnish verb form consisting of the verb pidentää, meaning to lengthen or prolong. Specifically, pidentävät is the third-person plural present indicative form, used when the subject is plural and performs the action of lengthening.

Pidentää is a transitive verb, which means it requires a direct object to express what is being lengthened. It can refer to physical length, such as extending the size of an object, or to duration, such as extending a period of time or a deadline. The sense can be literal or figurative, for example extending a schedule, a contract, or the span of an experiment.

Examples of usage:

- Tutkijaryhmät pidentävät tutkimusjaksoa. (The research teams lengthen the research period.)

- Viivästykset pidentävät rakennusprojektin aikataulua. (Delays extend the construction project timetable.)

In addition to pidentävät, related forms include the infinitive pidentää (to lengthen), and the singular present form pidentää (he/she lengthens) which shares the same spelling as the infinitive in the standard Finnish conjugation. The word belongs to everyday and technical Finnish and can be found in contexts ranging from engineering and project planning to literary or rhetorical discussions about extending time or space.