Arkivitaj

Arkivitaj is an Esperanto adjective meaning archived or placed in an archive. It is used to describe items that have been selected for long-term preservation and storage in an archive, such as documents, web pages, or other digital records. The form arkivitaj is the plural form of the adjective arkivita, which denotes something that has been archived.

In Esperanto, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number by taking the plural suffix -j. For example, arkivitaj dokumentoj means archived documents, arkivitaj retejoj means archived websites, and arkivitaj dosieroj means archived files. The singular counterpart is arkivita dokumento, arkivita retejo, or arkivita dosiero, meaning an archived document, website, or file, respectively.

Usage and context: Arkivitaj is commonly used in library science, digital preservation, and discussions of web archives or archival collections. It emphasizes the state of being stored in an archive rather than the process of archiving itself. For instance, descriptions of a digital repository might reference arkivitaj paĝoj or arkivitaj datumoj to indicate items that have been preserved.

Related terms include arkivo (archive), arkivi (to archive), and arkivita (archived), which provide the base forms for constructing related phrases. Arkivitaj serves as a natural, neutral descriptor in written Esperanto when referring to multiple archived items.