Eristettäviä

Eristettäviä is a Finnish term formed from the verb eristää, meaning to insulate or isolate. It is the plural partitive form of the present passive participle eristettävä, which functions as an adjective meaning “to be insulated” or “insulatable.” As such, eristettäviä describes items that are intended to be insulated or that have the potential to be insulated, in contrast to already insulated items.

Usage and context

Eristettäviä is commonly found in technical and planning contexts, such as construction, electrical work, and materials science. It is used to indicate components or areas that require insulation. The term is typically paired with a noun in a partitive form, for example eristettäviä johtimia (wires to be insulated), eristettäviä rakennusosia (structural parts to be insulated), or eristettäviä alueita (areas to be insulated). It is distinct from eristettyjä, which means already insulated, and from eristys, the noun for insulation.

Grammar notes

Eristettäviä is the plural partitive form of eristettävä. The related forms include eristettävä (singular nominative, “to be insulated”) and eristetty (past participle, “insulated”). The suffixes -ttava/-ttävä create a present passive participle, with agreement variations to match the number and case of the noun it modifies.

See also

Eristää, to insulate or isolate; eristys, insulation; Finnish present passive participles and -ttava/-ttava participle forms.