sammuttavan
Sammuttavan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb sammuttaa, meaning to extinguish or to switch off. It is the genitive singular form of the present active participle sammuttava. In Finnish, present active participles function as adjectives or as noun-like modifiers, and their endings change to agree with the noun they describe. Therefore sammuttavan is used when the participle modifies a noun in a way that requires a genitive connection, for example in phrases like the extinguishing device’s or the extinguishing action’s.
As a present active participle, sammuttava describes someone or something that extinguishes or is capable of
- Sammuttavan laitteen toiminta on suunniteltu nopeasti reagoivaksi. (The extinguishing device’s operation is designed to respond quickly.)
- Sillä on optio sammuttavan toiminnon automatisoinnista. (It includes an option for automating the extinguishing action.)
- Sammuttavan järjestelmän valinta riippuu tilan koosta ja riskitasosta. (The choice of the extinguishing system depends on
Related terms include sammuttaa (to extinguish), Sammutus (extinguishing or firefighting as a process), and sammuttava (the