Lyhennettyjä

Lyhennettyjä is a Finnish term formed from the verb lyhentää, meaning to shorten or abridge. The base adjective lyhennetty is the past passive participle, and the form lyhennettyjä is its plural form used to describe multiple items that have been shortened. In grammar, lyhennettyjä functions as an adjectival modifier and must agree with the noun it describes in number and case.

The word is commonly used in contexts where a shortened or abridged version of something is being discussed. For example, lyhennettyjä versioita refers to shortened versions, lyhennettyjä tekstejä to shortened texts, and lyhennettyjä ohjeita to abridged instructions. The nuance is that parts have been omitted or condensed to save space or time, rather than simply abbreviated at the level of a single word.

Lyhennettyjä is distinct from lyhenne, which is a noun for an abbreviation, and from tiivistetty, which emphasizes condensation or summarization. In editing, publishing, and academic writing, lyhennettyjä phrasing may describe a document, dataset, or list that has been made more compact for a specific purpose.

Etymologically, the word comes from the verb lyhentää plus the past passive participle suffix, with the plural marker -jä. The form is a common way to convey that several items have undergone shortening, and it appears across various domains where concise or abridged forms are needed.