tavoittelevasta

Tavoittelevasta is the elative singular form of the present-active participle tavoitteleva, derived from the Finnish verb tavoitella (to aim or strive). The present-active participle in Finnish functions as a verbal adjective, describing nouns with a sense of ongoing or characteristic action related to the noun. Like other participles, tavoitteleva-based forms agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and they can appear in various positions inside a noun phrase.

The elative form tavoittelevasta is used when the noun phrase is in the elative case (indicating source or context, roughly “from/about the aiming…”). It is formed by adding the elative suffix -sta/-stä to the stem of the participle. Thus, tavoittelevasta appears in phrases such as tavoittelevasta toiminnasta or tavoittelevasta lähestymistavasta, meaning “from the aiming activity” or “about the aiming approach.”

In practice, tavoittelevasta conveys a nuance of ongoing aiming or striving related to the described noun. It is common in written Finnish, particularly in analytical or formal texts, where concise, attributive participles replace longer relative clauses. The form can be combined with different nouns to express context or source, and its exact meaning is determined by the surrounding case-marked noun.

Examples:

- Tavoittelevasta toiminnasta kertova raportti julkaistiin. (A report describing the aiming/goal-oriented activity was published.)

- Tavoittelevasta lähestymistavasta keskustellaan paneelissa. (The panel discusses the aiming/goal-oriented approach.)

Overall, tavoittelevasta is a specific inflected form used to link the concept of aiming to a noun in the elative case, reflecting Finnish’s rich participial morphology.