Erottettavan

Erottettavan is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the genitive singular of the present passive participle erottettava, a participle used to express that something can be separated or removed. In Finnish, such participles function as adjectives or noun modifiers, and they are commonly employed in technical or instructional language to specify components or parts within a larger object.

Meaning and usage. The core idea of erottettavan is that the noun it modifies refers to a part or element that can be detached from a system or assembly. The phrase erottettavan [noun in genitive] translates roughly as “the [noun] that can be separated” or “the detachable [noun].” In practice, erottettavan often appears in engineering, manufacturing, and maintenance texts to describe removable components or steps in a disassembly process. For example, erottettavan osan sisämitat means “the inner dimensions of the part that can be separated.” The form is declined according to Finnish case grammar when attached to a following noun in the genitive.

Relations and alternatives. Erottettavan is closely related to other -ttava/-ttävä participles such as erottettava (the thing to be separated) and irrotettava (detachable). While erottettava emphasizes separability in a general sense, irrotettava is more common for physically removable parts in everyday language; erottettavan carries a more formal or technical nuance.

Etymology. The word derives from the verb erottaa (to separate, distinguish) with the -ttava participial suffix, plus the genitive singular ending -n for agreement with a following noun. The result is a descriptive form used to designate parts or items subject to separation or removal.