Kuulusteltavia

Kuulusteltavia is a Finnish term that refers to people who are to be questioned by authorities. It is the partitive plural form of kuulusteltava, a participial adjective used to designate individuals who are subjected to interrogation in a formal context, such as an investigation or inquiry. The form signals that the group is the object or part of a description rather than a specifically named set of individuals.

Etymologically, the word is built from the verb kuulustella, meaning to question or interrogate, combined with the participial suffix that turns it into a descriptor of persons. In Finnish grammar, kuulusteltavat is the nominative plural form, while kuulusteltavia serves a function similar to “the ones to be questioned” in various sentence constructions, often conveying an indefinite or collective sense.

Usage and context provide a practical sense of the term. Kuulusteltavia appears in legal, administrative, and journalistic writing to reference individuals who are in the course of being questioned, without identifying them by name. It can describe a group of suspects, witnesses, or other persons summoned for questioning within an investigation, while maintaining a neutral tone appropriate to formal prose.

See also: kuulusteltava, kuulustelu, oikeudenkäynti. The term is primarily a linguistic and procedural descriptor rather than a designation of specific people, and it helps maintain precision in discussions of investigations and interviews in Finnish.