Hyväksyttäviin

Hyväksyttäviin is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective or participle hyäksyttävä, meaning “acceptable” or “to be approved.” It is used to describe items, options, or criteria that are considered eligible for approval or deemed acceptable in a given context. The form signals plurality and a case relation, typically appearing with a plural noun in a case such as the illative, where the phrase can be read as “into the acceptable ones” or more freely as “the acceptable options.” In practice, it is most common in formal or technical language such as policy discussions, procurement, and evaluative procedures.

Etymology and morphology: the base is hyäksyttävä (from the verb hyväksyä, to accept/approve) with the present participle form yleisesti linked to the idea of something that can be or should be approved. The ending -iin marks a plural form used with a following noun in the illative or a related case, depending on the syntactic construction. This makes hyvksyttäviin a characteristic example of Finnish adjective/participial agreement with plural nouns.

Usage: hyvksyttäviin is typically found in formal Finnish contexts where options, criteria, or proposals are being assessed for suitability. It often co-occurs with nouns like vaihtoehtoja (options), kriteereitä (criteria), or ehdotuksia (proposals). It is less common in everyday speech and more common in written policy, legal, or academic texts.

Example: Keskustelussa viitattiin hyvksyttäviin vaihtoehtoihin tarkoittaen vaihtoehtoja, jotka ovat sidosryhmien mielestä hyväksyttäviä. Tämä ilmaus viestii, että kyse on tarkasteltavien vaihtoehtojen kelpoisuudesta.

See also: hyväksyttävä, hyväksyä, vaihtoehdot, kriteerit, illatiivi.