Irrotettavan

Irrotettavan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective irrotettava, meaning detachable or removable. It is used to attribute the property of being removable to a noun within a phrase, where the noun is in the appropriate case.

Morphology and usage. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case and number. The base adjective irrotettava can take various inflectional forms; irrotettavan specifically marks genitive singular. This form appears in phrases such as irrotettavan laitteen kansi, meaning “the lid of the detachable device.” Other related forms include irrotettava (nominative), irrotettavaa (partitive), irrotettavan, irrotettavan, and plural variants like irrotettavat (nominative plural) and irrotettavien (genitive plural). The word is most common in technical or descriptive writing where the removable nature of components is relevant.

Semantic scope. Irrotettavan denotes that something can be detached or removed. It is often used for parts, covers, panels, screws, and similar components in engineering, assembly instructions, manuals, and product descriptions. While the term is straightforward, sensitivity to context is important to avoid ambiguity about which component is detachable and under what conditions.

Related terms. The base form irrotettava is the general descriptor “detachable/removable.” Its various inflected forms appear to convey grammatical relationships in sentences. A noun form is uncommon, as Finnish typically uses the adjective directly before the noun (e.g., irrotettava kansi).

See also. Finnish grammar of adjectives; Finnish technical terminology; ilallinen or other context-specific terms for detachable components.