sulautuvaan

Sulautuvaan is a grammatical form in the Finnish language. It is the illative singular form of the present active participle sulautuva, which is derived from the verb sulautua, meaning to merge, dissolve, or assimilate. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks direction toward something, and when attached to a present participle stem it can express movement into a state of merging or becoming part of something.

The form is primarily found in written or technical Finnish, and it tends to occur in contexts describing processes or states rather than everyday conversation. It signals that something is moving toward or entering a state in which elements are merging, blending, or being absorbed into a larger system or substance. As with other illative constructions, sulautuvaan is typically accompanied by a noun in illative case, such as tilaan or kudokseen, to specify the state or medium involved.

Example: Kone siirtyi sulautuvaan tilaan prosessin edetessä. This illustrates the idea of moving into a state characterized by merging or fusion during a process. While understandable to Finnish speakers, the form is more common in technical writing or literary usage than in casual speech.

Etymology and morphology: sulautuvaan is built from the root sulautua, the present active participle suffix -va to form sulautuva, and the illative suffix -an to yield sulautuvaan. The construction highlights the combination of a dynamic state (participial) with directional illative meaning.

See also: sulautua, sulautuva, illative case, participles.