Behållas

Behållas is a Swedish verb in the passive infinitive form of behålla, meaning to be kept or retained. It is used to indicate that something should remain in its current state, position, or custody, often in written regulations, archival directives, or formal instructions. The active counterpart is behålla, meaning to keep or retain.

Grammatical forms and usage: The present passive is behålls, as in Dokumentet behålls i arkivet (The document is kept in the archive). The past passive is behålldes (It was kept). The perfect passive is har behållits (has been retained). The infinitive passive form is behållas and is used after modals or auxiliaries, e.g., Dokumenten ska behållas oförändrade (The documents shall be kept unchanged). The adjective form behållen (and the plural behållna) can be used to describe something that is kept or retained, e.g., behållen egendom. The active perfect participle is behållit (has kept). In practice, behållas and behålls are common in formal or administrative contexts and less frequent in casual speech.

Etymology and meaning: Behållas derives from be- plus hålla (to hold). The term conveys preservation, retention, or continued possession, commonly in contexts where records, goods, or information must remain in a specified state or location.

Notes: The concept overlaps with related verbs such as behålla, bevara, and kvarhållas in some contexts, but behållas specifically marks the passive notion of something being retained. It is a standard term in legal, archival, and organizational language.