Käsitletavaid

Käsitletavaid is an Estonian grammatical form used as an adjective in the partitive plural to describe nouns that are to be treated, dealt with, or addressed. It is derived from the verb käsitlema (to treat, to handle, to discuss) and the passive participle stem käsitletav, reflecting the meaning “to be dealt with.”

The form functions primarily in formal or official language, such as academic writing, legislative text, or project planning, where speakers want to indicate items that still require consideration rather than items that have already been addressed. It answers the question of what topics or issues remain to be dealt with.

A characteristic usage is to pair käsitletavaid with a noun in the partitive plural, for example: palju käsitletavaid teemasid (“many topics to be dealt with”). This construction emphasizes the ongoing or potential nature of the actions to be taken rather than completed actions. In contrast, käsitletud (past participle) would indicate something that has already been dealt with.

Related forms include käsitletav (singular) and käsitletavad (nominative plural), which appear in different grammatical cases and numbers to express similar meanings in other syntactic contexts. The term is commonly encountered in planning documents, research summaries, and procedural guidelines where enumerating remaining issues is necessary.

See also Estonian grammar, participles, partitive case.