Käynnistynyttä

Käynnistynyttä is a form of the Finnish past participle derived from the verb käynnistyä, meaning to start up or become operative. As a participial adjective, käynnistynyt describes something that has already started or come into operation. The word köyhä-bodied form käynnistynyttä is used in specific grammatical cases, notably the partitive singular, to modify a noun in contexts where the object is indefinite or negated.

Morphology and usage notes

- Käynnistynyt (nominative singular) means “the started one” or “the machine/system that has started.”

- Käynnistyneen (genitive singular) is used when attributing ownership or describing a noun in a genitive construction, e.g., käynnistyneen laitteen (of the started device).

- Käynnistynyttä (partitive singular) is used when the noun is in the partitive case, or in negative clauses, e.g., emme nähneet käynnistynyttä laitetta (we did not see a started device).

- The form is common in technical, procedural, and formal writing, where it is useful to indicate that a component or system has already begun operating.

Examples (Finnish with translations)

- Kone on käynnistynyt. (The machine has started.)

- Emme nähneet käynnistynyttä laitetta. (We did not see a started device.)

- Käynnistyneen laitteen vasteaika on lyhyempi. (The response time of the started device is shorter.)

Etymology and related terms

Käynnistynyttä stems from käynnistyä plus the participle suffix -nyt/-nyt, aligning with other Finnish participles formed from a verb’s past action. Related terms include käynnistys (start-up, initialization), käynnistää (to start up), and käynnistyminen (process of starting up or becoming operational).

See also: Käynnistys, Käynnistäminen, Käynnistysprosessi.