Luettua

Luettua is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb lukea (to read). It is the partitive singular form of the past passive participle luettu. In usage, luettua functions as a non-finite modifier that describes content which has already been read. It appears in noun phrases where the head noun is in the partitive case, for example luettua tekstiä or luettua lähdemateriaalia. The sense conveyed is that the content has been read, as opposed to being unread or currently reading.

The form is primarily a non-finite participial modifier and is most common in formal or written Finnish. It marks indefiniteness or partiality through the partitive, and it usually refers to material that is treated as content rather than as a discrete, fully definite object. The corresponding attributive forms for other cases and numbers are luetun (genitive), luetussa (inessive), and so on, while luettu itself serves as the base past passive participle.

Typical examples illustrate its function. For instance, in the sentence “Käyn läpi luettua tekstiä,” the phrase luettua tekstiä refers to text that has already been read and is being reviewed. In academic or professional writing you might find “tutkimuksessa käytettiin luettua lähdemateriaalia,” meaning that read source material was used in the study. These usages show how luettua signals prior reading and positions the content as material for analysis or discussion.

See also: lukea, luettu, luetun.