Kuvattujen

Kuvattujen is a Finnish word that functions as the genitive plural form of the past passive participle kuvattu, meaning depicted or illustrated. It is derived from the verb kuvata, which can mean to depict, describe, or illustrate. As a participle used as an adjective, kuvattu describes something that has been depicted in an image, text, or other media, and kuvattujen appears when the modifying noun is in genitive plural.

In use, kuvattujen is typically part of a noun phrase that denotes possession or attribution of depicted elements. For example, in the phrase kuvattujen henkilöiden nimet I the names of the depicted persons, and kuvattujen kuvien laatu the quality of the depicted pictures. Grammatically, kuvattu behaves like an adjective and agrees with the head noun in number and case. The base forms in various cases include kuvattu (singular nominative), kuvatut (plural nominative), kuvattujen (plural genitive), and kuvattuja (plural partitive).

The term is common in contexts involving visual media, such as journalism, art history, museum catalogs, and research that discusses content depicted in images. It helps specify that references pertain to what is shown rather than to what is described or imagined. Overall, kuvattujen serves as a precise descriptive tool for attributing content to depicted subjects within Finnish.