Kirjattua

Kirjattua is a Finnish linguistic term describing the partitive form of the past participle kirjattu, which means written down, documented, or registered. It is used in contexts where something has been recorded in writing or entered into a registry.

In Finnish grammar, kirjattu functions as an adjective formed from the past participle. Its partitive form, kirjattua, is used to modify mass or non-count nouns and appears in phrases where the object is not treated as a discrete, countable unit. For example, in a sentence like found written material, one would typically encounter kirjattua aineistoa or kirjattua todistusaineistoa, where the partitive signals partial quantity or non-absolute sufficiency.

Etymology and formation: kirjattua derives from the root related to writing and recording (from the concept of a book or register) and the past participle suffix -ttu. The partitive ending -a/-ä changes to -ua/-ää in some contexts, yielding kirjattua as the standard partitive form in many constructions. This grammatical pattern is typical for Finnish participial adjectives that describe documented or recorded material.

Usage notes: kirjattua is not a standalone noun; it is a non-finite form used in noun phrases to indicate materials or evidence that has been documented. It is commonly found in archival, legal, academic, and administrative Finnish, where it helps distinguish documented or registered material from other types of material.

See also: related forms include kirjattu (the singular nominative past participle), kirjattuja (plural partitive or accusative forms), and other participial adjectives used with partitive syntax.