Lyhennetty

Lyhennetty is a Finnish adjective and past participle meaning "shortened" or "abbreviated." It is derived from the verb lyhentää (to shorten) and uses the common past passive participle suffix -netty, which yields a descriptor for something that has been shortened. The term is widely used in editorial, broadcasting, and documentation contexts to indicate that content has been condensed or trimmed.

In practice, lyhennetty appears in phrases such as lyhennetty versio (a shortened version), lyhennetty tiedote (a brief news release), or lyhennetty ohje (a condensed instruction). It conveys intentional reduction for purposes of brevity, clarity, or publishing constraints, and is often contrasted with the full-length or original version.

As a lexical item, lyhennetty can function in several positions. It can modify a noun, as in lyhennetty teksti, or appear predicatively in sentences like Teksti on lyhennetty (The text has been shortened). When written with initial capital letter as Lyhennetty, the word could potentially serve as a title or name in a specific context, but there is no widely recognized entity by that name in standard references; in ordinary usage it remains a common descriptive adjective.

Etymology and usage notes: The word comes from lyhentää and employs the standard Finnish past passive participle suffix -netty, producing a term that specifically denotes a result of shortening.