tartuttamaan

Tartuttamaan is a Finnish infinitive form of the verb tartuttaa, meaning to cause infection or to transmit contagion. In everyday Finnish, tartuttaa is more common for simple statements like “the virus infects people,” while tartuttamaan appears mainly in formal, scientific, or legal contexts and when expressing purpose or potential action related to causing infection.

Etymology and form: The word derives from the noun tartunta, meaning infection or contagion, and the verb tarttua, meaning to catch or seize. With the causative suffix -uttaa, the stem becomes tartutt-, yielding tartuttaa (to cause infection) and the infinitive tartuttamaan. The -maan ending marks the infinitive form used in constructions describing intention, method, or general action, such as tartuttamaan virusta (to cause the infection by a virus) or similar phrases in technical writing.

Usage: Tartuttamaan is used primarily in health, epidemiology, public health, and legal discourse to discuss actions that would cause infection or enable transmission. It is less common in casual speech, where tartuttaa or tartunnan saaminen would be more typical. The term can also appear in compound or passive constructions when describing policies, controls, or interventions aimed at preventing or analyzing the spread of disease.

See also: tartunta (infection), tarttuva (contagious), tarttua (to catch), tartuttaminen (the act of causing transmission). These related terms form a semantic field around transmission, contagion, and disease spread in Finnish.