Identifioituneisiin

Identifioituneisiin is a Finnish grammatical form used as the illative plural of the participial adjective identifioitunut, meaning identified. It functions to modify a noun phrase referring to a group that has been identified, typically in formal or technical texts such as research reports, legal documents, or data protection contexts. The form signals a plural destination or scope related to the identified group, for example in phrases like identifioituneisiin henkilöihin.

Morphology and meaning: identifioituneisiin is formed from the stem identifioitune- plus the illative plural suffix -isiin. This construction allows speakers to express “to the identified ones” or, in context, “the identified [persons / targets / items].” In practice, it often appears as part of a noun phrase describing information, actions, or considerations concerning the identified group.

Usage: The form is most common in written Finnish, especially in administrative, regulatory, or scientific language. It commonly occurs with nouns such as henkilöihin (persons) or kohteisiin (targets), yielding phrases like identifioituneisiin henkilöihin liittyviä tietoja or identifioituneisiin kohdistuvia toimenpiteitä.

Translation guidance: In English, identifioituneisiin is typically rendered according to context as “to the identified ones,” “the identified,” or more naturally as “identified individuals/targets” when the illative sense is implicit in the larger construction.

Examples:

- Tutkimuksessa käsiteltiin identifioituneisiin henkilöihin liittyviä tietoja. (In the study, data relating to the identified individuals were analyzed.)

- Laki säätää toimenpiteitä identifioituneisiin kohteisiin kohdistuvien riskien vähentämiseksi. (The law regulates measures to reduce risks directed at the identified targets.)

Etymology: from identifioida + participial stem identifioitune- with the illative plural suffix -isiin.