Jätetty

Jätetty is a Finnish past passive participle of the verb jättää, meaning to leave or abandon. It describes something that has been left by someone else and can function as an adjective or in a passive construction to express a state resulting from abandonment.

As an attributive modifier it agrees with the noun in number and case, for example jätetyt talot (abandoned houses). In predicative use with the auxiliary on, as in Talo on jätetty (The house has been left/abandoned). The phrase jätetty yksin or jätetty tyhjilleen is also common, conveying states such as being left alone or left empty. In personal contexts the passive form can express that someone has been left by another person, as in Minut on jätetty (I have been left).

Etymology and morphology: jätetty derives from the verb jättää with the past passive participle suffix -tty. Finnish participles used in this way decline like adjectives, forming forms such as jätetyn (genitive singular), jätettyjä (partitive plural), and jätettyjen (genitive plural), among others. The core meaning remains that something has been left behind or abandoned, whether a place, object, or relationship.

Usage notes: Jätetty is versatile and appears in everyday speech and writing to denote abandonment or neglect. It can describe physical locations, objects left in a state of neglect, or interpersonal situations where someone has been left by a partner or friend. The nuance is generally one of resulting abandonment rather than intentionality, though context can shape interpretation.

See also: jättää, jättäminen.