Käsittelemä

Käsittelemä is a Finnish word derived from the verb käsitellä, meaning to handle, treat, or process. It functions as a past active participle used as an adjective, describing something that has been handled or processed. The form is typically employed in contexts where the action of handling or processing is relevant, such as in technical or formal language.

As a participle, käsittelemä agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. In common usage it appears in constructions like käsittelemä tieto or käsittelemä aine, where it indicates that the noun has undergone handling or processing. In everyday Finnish, however, the past passive participle käsitelty is often more common for indicating that something has been processed, while käsittelemä can emphasize the agent or the completed action.

Usage and nuance: Käsittelemä is most at home in formal, technical, or juridical style, where it serves to attribute the processing to a particular actor or method. It may also appear in compound phrases describing data, materials, or cases that have already undergone handling. For general statements about processed items, käsitelty remains the standard choice, but käsittelemä is still understood and used when the nuance of prior handling is important.

Etymology and related forms: The word is built from the verb käsitellä and the participial suffix that forms past active participles. Related terms include käsittely (processing, handling) and käsittelijä (processor or handler).

See also: käsittely, käsitellä, käsittelijä, käsitelty.