Lykättynä

Lykättynä is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb lykätä, meaning to postpone or defer. It denotes the state of something that has been postponed and is used attributively or predicatively to describe a noun or a situation that is not yet carried out but has been deferred to a later time. The form is most common in formal or bureaucratic language and in news reporting.

Formation and use. The word is created by deriving the past passive participle from lykätä (lykätty) and adding the -nä suffix, yielding lykättynä. This construction functions similarly to other -nă forms in Finnish that express “in the state of being X.” It can appear in headlines, official statements, or legal documents to indicate that a decision, event, or plan has been postponed. In everyday speech, speakers more often use simpler alternatives such as siirretty or lykätty, depending on the nuance they want to convey.

Nuance and alternatives. Lykättynä emphasizes the resulting postponed state rather than the act of postponing itself. It is distinct from the active form of postponement and is typically found in written or formal contexts. Common alternatives with similar meaning include siirretty (transferred or postponed) and lykätty (liked) in other senses, though they are not interchangeable in all contexts.

Examples. The phrase päätös lykättynä viikkoa myöhemmäs would be used in a formal note to indicate a decision that has been postponed to a later week. In journalistic writing, a sentence might read “kysymykset lykättynä, tuloksia odotetaan seuraavassa tiedotustilaisuudessa,” describing questions that are postponed and will be addressed later.

See also. Finnish participles, passive past participle, siirtäminen (postponement).