syntyivät

Syntyivät is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb syntyä, meaning to be born or to originate. It denotes that a group of subjects came into being in the past and can refer to people, animals, or abstract phenomena such as ideas or institutions.

Grammatical notes: In Finnish, syntyä is an intransitive verb. The past tense forms vary by subject person and number in the plural. For the third person plural, the form is syntyivät (they were born / they originated). The corresponding forms for other persons include synnyin (I was born), synnyit (you were born), syntyi (he/she/it was born), synnyimme (we were born), and synnyitte (you were born, plural).

Usage: syntyivät is commonly used in biographical and genealogical writing to state births of multiple individuals, for example, Kaksoset syntyivät vuonna 2010 (The twins were born in 2010). It is also used in historical or descriptive contexts to indicate the origin or emergence of groups, movements, or institutions, for instance Kaupungin hallinto syntyi 1800-luvulla (The city administration originated in the 19th century) or Uudet ideat syntyivät kriisin seurauksena (New ideas were born from the crisis).

Related terms: syntyä is related to synnyttää (to give birth) and synnytys (birth or delivery). While syntyä focuses on becoming or coming into being, synnyttää emphasizes causing birth.

See also: Finnish verbs about birth and origin; Finnish verb conjugation patterns; related terms in genealogy and history.