Laadittavien

Laadittavien is a Finnish grammatical form used in formal language to refer to items that are to be drafted or drawn up. It is the genitive plural of the participial adjective laadittava, which comes from the verb laadittaa meaning to draft or prepare. When used attributively, laadittavien modifies a plural noun to indicate that the things in question have not yet been created but are intended to be.

In practice, laadittavien appears in legal, administrative, contractual, and policy texts. It signals future action and is commonly attached to nouns such as ehtojen, asiakirjojen, or suunnitelmien to form phrases like laadittavien ehtojen mukaan (according to the terms to be drafted), laadittavien asiakirjojen luettelo (the list of documents to be drafted), and laadittavien suunnitelmien valmistelu (the preparation of the plans to be drafted).

Morphology and related forms: the form is the genitive plural of laadittava. The corresponding nominative plural is laadittavat (the ones to be drafted), while other cases receive appropriate inflections, e.g., laadittavien ehtojen, laadittavien asiakirjojen. This pattern is part of Finnish participial adjectives formed with the suffix -ttava, which conveys the sense of “to be …” for actions tied to a noun.

Usage notes: laadittavien is primarily found in written Finnish, especially in official or technical contexts. It helps delineate items for which drafting or preparation is planned or mandated, distinguishing them from already drafted items (laaditut/laidattua) or from generic, non-specific references.