Epäilyttävinä

Epäilyttävinä is a Finnish adjective form that expresses the idea that something is “the most suspicious” or “the most doubtful,” used in a predicative sense to describe multiple items or people. It is derived from epäilyttävä, meaning suspicious or arousing suspicion, and its form epäilyttävinä functions as the translative plural complement in a sentence, often following verbs like pitää or koettaa that classify or evaluate a set of items.

Grammatical notes:

- epäilyttävinä is the translative plural form of the predicate adjective epäilyttävä when describing more than one subject. The translative case in Finnish is used to indicate a state or role attributed to the subject, roughly akin to “as” or “to be regarded as.”

- Common construction: subject + olla/pitää/koettaa + epäilyttävinä. For example: Ne vaihtoehdot olivat epäilyttävinä. They were the most suspicious. Pidettiin epäilyttävinä todisteina. They were considered the most suspicious evidence.

Usage:

- The expression is most typical in formal or analytical Finnish, including journalism, political commentary, and written analysis, where the author wants to emphasize that certain items are judged to be the most suspicious among a set.

- In everyday speech, speakers may use more common forms such as epäilyttävää or epäilyttäviä, depending on number and formality.

See also:

- epäily (doubt, suspicion)

- epäillä (to doubt)

- epäilyttävä (suspicious)

- epäilyttävyys (suspiciousness)