pööravat

Pööravat is a form from Estonian grammar derived from the verb pöörama, which means to turn or rotate. In grammatical terms, pöörav is the present active participle meaning “turning” or “rotating,” and pööravat is a specific inflected form of that participle. The form is used to express ongoing turning action in relation to a noun or within a descriptive phrase, and it appears in contexts where participial adjectives modify nouns in particular cases.

Formation and inflection: The base participle stem is pöörav-, and the ending -at marks the form that corresponds to a partitive or similarly inflected position in many constructions. As a participial form, pööravat can function adjectivally to describe something characterized by turning or rotation, or it can participate in compound predicates in more formal or literary Estonian. The exact case and syntactic role depend on how the rest of the noun phrase is declined.

Usage and register: Pööravat is most commonly encountered in written Estonian, including technical descriptions, academic writing, or poetic styles, where precise nuances of motion or rotation are described. In everyday language, speakers more often rely on the verb pöörama or on simpler adjectival expressions rather than frequently citing the participial form pööravat by itself. Still, pööravat demonstrates how Estonian forms partitive or complex phrases with participles to convey ongoing motion.

See also: pöörama, present active participle, Estonian grammar, participles in Estonian.

Notes: As with many Estonian participial forms, the exact inflection and usage of pööravat can vary with syntactic context and sentence structure, so consulting a grammar reference or corpus examples can clarify contemporary usage.