ratkaisevia

Ratkaisevia is a Finnish adjective form derived from ratkaiseva, meaning decisive, crucial, or solving. The word itself does not describe a fixed concept; instead, it expresses that the nouns it modifies have decisive or determining qualities. In practice, ratkaisevia occurs as part of the inflected form when the noun it describes is plural and in the partitive case.

Grammatical usage and examples: Ratkaisevia is used before plural nouns in the partitive case, for example: ratkaisevia tekijöitä (decisive factors), ratkaisevia kysymyksiä (decisive questions), or ratkaisevia rooleja (decisive roles). The corresponding singular nominative would be ratkaiseva, as in ratkaiseva ratkaisu (a decisive solution). The form ratkaisiva does not appear; the relevant inflected shape for plural partitive is ratkais-e-... with the -via ending, adjusted for vowel harmony and case.

Context and nuance: In Finnish writing, ratkaisivia often appears in academic, analytical, or journalistic text to highlight elements that determine outcomes or are crucial to understanding a phenomenon. The sense can extend to “solving” in contexts like a solving insight or a decisive realization, but the broader usage remains centered on decisiveness or determinative influence. It is a grammatical, not a standalone lexical entry, representing the plural partitive form of a common adjective.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, partitive case, inflection.