syntyvään

Syntyvään is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the illative singular form of the adjective syntyvä, which can mean born, emerging, or inherent depending on the context. This form is used when the noun it modifies is in the illative case, indicating direction into or toward something described by the adjective.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they describe in number and case. For adjectives of the -vä/-vä class, the illative singular commonly ends in -ään or -ään, resulting in syntyvään for the illative. The exact meaning of syntyvään is therefore context-dependent and tied to the sense of syntyvä as “born” or “emergent.”

Usage of syntyvään is primarily found in descriptive or literary language, where speakers describe a state, process, or condition in motion toward a noun. It is not a standalone noun but a specific inflected form of an adjective. The form appears in phrases where the modified noun is in the illative case, such as a phrase meaning “into a born/emergent [noun].”

Etymology-wise, syntyvään derives from the verb syntyä (to be born) and the participial adjective syntyvä, which in turn influences related noun and adjectival forms. As a grammatical form, syntyvään is part of Finnish morphology rather than a distinct lexical entry.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, Finnish adjectives, participles.