päivittävä

Päivittävä is a Finnish present active participle and adjective derived from the verb päivittää, meaning to update or refresh. In contemporary Finnish, the term describes something that performs updates, rather than indicating frequency. It is commonly used in technical contexts to characterize software, services, or processes that carry out updates.

Etymology and form: Päivittävä is formed from the stem of päivittää with the present active participle suffix -vä, yielding a word that functions as an adjective. As a participle, it can describe a noun in attributive position (for example, päivittävä ohjelmisto) or act as a predicate in a sentence. The form is regular for -ttää verbs in Finnish.

Usage: The word is primarily found in IT, software development, and related technical fields. It denotes that a component updates something automatically or periodically. It is distinct from the more common daily-related term päivittäinen, which means “daily.” In practice, päivittävä is used when the emphasis is on the act of updating rather than on the frequency of updates.

Examples: Päivittävä ohjelmisto tarkistaa ja asentaa uudet päivitykset automaattisesti. Hanke käyttää päivittäviä prosesseja varmistamaan tiedon ajantasaisuuden. In everyday language, speakers may prefer päivitys (update) or päivittäminen (updating) for related concepts.

See also: päivittää, päivitys, päivittäminen, päivittäinen. These terms cover the verb, the noun for an update, the gerund form, and the commonly used sense of “daily” that contrasts with the participle päi-vittävä.