tehostavaan
Tehostavaan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb tehostaa, meaning to enhance or boost. It is the illative singular form of the present active participle tehostava, which functions as an adjective meaning “enhancing” or “that enhances.” The illative form tehostavaan is used to indicate direction toward a purpose or use, and it appears most often in noun phrases describing intended use or objective.
In practice, tehostavaan occurs mainly in technical or formal Finnish. Common constructions include tehostavaan käyttöön (for
Notes: As a case-inflected form, tehostavaan agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. The
See also: tehostaa, present active participle tehostava, Finnish grammar, illative case.