sietävät

Sietävät is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Finnish verb sietää, meaning to endure, tolerate or withstand. It is used when the subject is plural and conveys that these subjects can bear or tolerate something or a demanding condition.

Grammatical notes: The verb sietää is transitive and commonly takes a direct object in the partitive case, for example kuivuutta (drought) or jännitteitä (surges). The form sietävät appears with plural subjects, as in Kasvit sietävät kuivuutta (Plants tolerate drought) or Laitteet sietävät suuria jännitteitä (Devices withstand large surges). The corresponding adjective is sietävä (tolerant), and the noun sietäminen denotes endurance or tolerance; sietokyky refers to tolerance or resilience.

Usage: Sietävä can describe tolerance to physical or environmental conditions, as well as social or psychological tolerance, such as tolerating criticism. It is common in scientific, technical, and everyday language to express that something can endure certain stresses without failing.

Related terms: sietävyys (tolerance or resilience), sietokyky (tolerance capacity or endurance), kestävyys (durability or endurance). The verb sietää is often contrasted with kestää, which also means to endure but can carry different nuances depending on context.

See also: sietävyys, sietokyky, kestävyys, sietää.