sijaitsevan

Sijaitsevan is a Finnish present active participle form derived from the verb sijaita, meaning to be located or to reside. In grammar, sijaitseva functions as an adjective-like participle that describes a noun by indicating that it is situated or located in a particular place. The form sijaitsevan is the genitive singular inflection of the participle, and it is used in noun phrases where the whole phrase is in a genitive relationship with another element.

In modern Finnish, the most common way to express location is typically with the finite verb sijoittaa or with a relative clause, but the participle form remains possible in more formal, literary, or descriptive contexts. The present active participle allows concise phrasing like a compound descriptor, often in official or historical writing. The key inflections of the participle include sijaitseva (nominative singular), sijaitsevan (genitive singular), sijaitsevaa (partitive singular), and plural forms such as sijaitsevat (nominative plural) and sijaitsevien (genitive plural).

Etymologically, sijaitseva comes from sijaita plus the participle suffix -va, with sijaitsevan representing the corresponding genitive singular ending. This construction reflects Finnish tendencies to form descriptive adjectives from verbs, enabling compact expressions about location without explicit relative clauses.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, adjectives, sijaita. Note that while sijaitsevan is a valid inflected form, its usage is comparatively limited to contexts where a genitive-linked participial descriptor is stylistically appropriate.