Kieltettyjä

Kieltettyjä is a form that appears in Finnish texts but is generally considered nonstandard or mistaken in standard grammar. The commonly accepted plural partitive form for the adjective meaning forbidden is kiellettyjä. Kieltettyjä may be encountered in informal writing or as a typographical error, but it is not the normative inflection.

Etymology and meaning: The word comes from the verb kieltää, meaning to prohibit or forbid. The related adjective kielletty denotes something that is prohibited. When describing multiple items in partitive case, Finnish normally uses the form kiellettyjä, for example kiellettyjä asioita (forbidden things) or kiellettyjä tuotteita (forbidden products).

Usage: Kieltettyjä is used primarily as part of noun phrases in contexts where the writer or speaker intends the meaning “forbidden ones.” In standard Finnish, the correct form is kiellettyjä, and using kieltettyjä is generally corrected to reflect the established inflection. The form functions as an adjective in front of a noun or as a predicative modifier, and it appears in rules, warnings, and descriptions of prohibited categories.

Examples: kiellettyjä aineita (forbidden substances), kiellettyjä tekoja (forbidden actions), kiellettyjä tuotteita (forbidden products). Note that these phrases illustrate the standard spelling kiellettyjä rather than kieltettyjä.

See also: Finnish grammar, passive past participles in Finnish, Finnish inflection of adjectives, partitive case.

In sum, kieltettyjä is not the normative plural partitive of the Finnish adjective meaning forbidden; the standard form is kiellettyjä. The meaning remains “forbidden things/items,” used in noun phrases describing prohibitions.