Käpristyneitä

Käpristyneitä is a Finnish adjective form meaning crumpled, wrinkled, or bent, used to describe objects that have become creased or curled. It is the partitive plural form of the past passive participle käpristyneet, and it functions in front of a noun to indicate the state of the item being described (for example, käpristyneitä papereita).

Use and examples

Käpristyneitä is most commonly used with flexible materials such as paper, textiles, and leaves. Typical phrases include käpristyneitä papereita (crumpled papers), käpristyneitä liinoja (wrinkled cloths), and käpristyneitä lehtiä (crumpled leaves). The form can also appear in more abstract or figurative contexts, such as käpristyneitä muistoja to convey damaged or altered memories. In sentences, käpristyneitä appears in partitive construction when the object is indefinite or in a non-count context, for example: "Laitoin pöydälle käpristyneitä papereita" or "Huomasin käpristyneitä liinoja kuivumaan."

Linguistic notes

Käpristyneitä is derived from the verb käpristyä, meaning to become crumpled, wrinkled, or curled. The base verb is related to the process of folding, bending, or moisture-related deformation. The form käpristyneitä represents plural partitive and is used with nouns in the partitive case or with indefinite quantities; the corresponding nominative plural is käpristyneet.

See also

Related concepts include rypistyminen (wrinkling), rypistää (to crumple), and käpristyvä (crumpling, becoming crumpled).