Käytetyillä

Käytetyillä is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “the used ones” or “on/with the used ones.” It is the adessive plural form of the past participle käyty the word Käytetty, used as an adjective or noun to describe items that have been used. In Finnish, adjectives and participles decline for case and number, so kä yetty has a plural adessive form käytetyillä. In sentences the form appears to modify a noun in the adessive case, for example on objects being discussed or described in terms of condition.

Usage and examples: Käytetyillä is used to refer to multiple items that have been used, commonly in contexts describing condition, second-hand goods, or inventory and marketplaces. Examples include: Käytetyillä kengillä on yleensä pienempi hinta (Used shoes generally have a lower price). Käytetyillä autoilla on usein alhaisemmat hinnat (Used cars often have lower prices). The form often co-occurs with nouns in the adessive case, such as käytetyillä tavaroilla (with the used goods).

Morphology: The base is the past participle käYetetty meaning “used.” The plural adessive suffix is -illä, yielding käytetyillä. The singular adessive would be käytetyllä. Other related forms include käytettyjen (genitive plural) and käytyt (nominative plural).

Etymology: Käytetty derives from the verb käyttää (to use), combined with the past-participle suffix -etty; the adessive plural suffix -illä marks the case and number, producing käytetyillä.