Hajonneiden

Hajonneiden is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb hajota, meaning to break or deteriorate. It functions as a past participle that can be used to describe objects or items that have sustained damage. When it appears as hajonneiden, the form is typically part of a noun phrase expressing possession or association, and it is most often understood as the genitive plural of the participle hajonnut. In practice, hajonneiden is used to denote “the damaged ones” or “of the damaged items” in contexts such as inventories, reports, or insurance documents.

In typical usage, hajonneiden appears before another noun to form a compound-like phrase indicating what is damaged, or after a noun to indicate ownership or relation in a genitive chain. Examples include hajonneiden laitteiden korjaus (the repair of the damaged devices) and hajonneiden tuotteiden palautus (the return of damaged goods). The form can also occur within headings or lists in technical writing, where conciseness is important.

Linguistically, hajonneiden is part of a broader pattern in Finnish where participles are declined to match the case and number of accompanying nouns. It contrasts with hajonnut (singular) and hajonneita or hajonneita (partitive plural forms), which serve different syntactic functions. The choice among these forms depends on number, case, and whether the phrase is attributive or predicative.

See also Finnish grammar, participles, nominalized adjectives.