poistuvaan

Poistuvaan is a Finnish grammatical form, the illative singular of the present active participle poistuva, which means “removing” or “that is removing.” The form is used to express direction toward the state or action described by the participle, and it is mainly encountered in linguistic descriptions or in specialized, formal constructions rather than in everyday speech.

Morphology and usage. The present active participle poistuva forms the illative singular with the ending -an, yielding poistuvaan. This illative form is used to connect a noun in illative case (indicating direction toward a state or process) with the participle, as in phrases like poistuvaan tilaan, “into a state of removal.” Because Finnish allows flexible noun–participle combinations, poistuvaan typically appears in grammars, technical writing, or stylistically marked sentences.

Meaning and examples. The semantics of poistuvaan derive from the base participle meaning “removing” or “leaving.” In practice, poemas-like or descriptive contexts might render it as referring to movement toward a removal-related state or process. Its everyday usage is limited, and the exact interpretation depends on surrounding content and the intended nuance.

See also. Illative case, present active participle, Finnish grammar, participles in Finnish.