taivutti

Taivutti is a Finnish verb form. It is the past tense, third-person singular of taivuttaa, a verb that means to bend, twist, or tilt an object into a different shape. The form is used to describe a completed bending action, for example: "Hän taivutti rautaa," which translates to "He bent the iron." The sense covers literal bending of materials as well as broader notions of shaping or altering something’s form.

Morphology and conjugation: taivuttaa is a regular verb of the taivuttaa family. The past tense forms include taivutin (I bent), taivutit (you bent), taivutti (he/she bent); taivutimme (we bent), taivutitte (you all bent), taivuttivat (they bent). The present tense forms are taivutan, taivutat, taivuttaa, taivutamme, taivutatte, taivuttavat.

Related terms and usage: The related noun taivutus refers to bending or inflection, depending on context. In linguistics, taivutus denotes inflection; in crafts or engineering, taivutus denotes the act of bending material. The term is widely understood in Finnish to describe both physical shaping and, in specialized senses, the morphological shaping of words.

Origin and overview: Taivutti derives from taivuttaa, rooted in the broader concept of bending or shaping. It appears in standard Finnish grammar as the past tense form for third-person singular, and it is comprehensible in both practical and descriptive contexts when discussing bending actions.