Lähetettyjen

Lähetettyjen is a Finnish genitive plural form of the past participle lähetetty, meaning sent or dispatched. It functions as an attributive modifier in noun phrases to indicate that the referenced people or items have already been sent. The form is created from the base adjective participle and the genitive plural ending, and it is typically used before a following noun in the genitive plural.

In practice, lähetettyjen is used in contexts involving lists, records, or descriptions of those who have received or been assigned something, as well as in discussions of dispatched goods or communications. Because Finnish grammar requires the modifying form to agree with the possessed or related noun, lähetettyjen appears in phrases like lähetettyjen henkilöiden (the people who have been sent) or lähetettyjen tavaroiden (the dispatched goods).

Examples:

- Lähetettyjen henkilöiden määrä kasvaa. (The number of the people who have been sent is increasing.)

- Lähetettyjen tavaroiden arvo on epävarma. (The value of the dispatched goods is uncertain.)

- Lähetettyjen viestien lukumäärä on suuri. (The number of the sent messages is large.)

Lähetettyjen is most common in formal, administrative, or logistical language, such as government reports, NGO briefings, or shipping and supply-chain documentation. It is not normally used outside contexts where distinguishing those who have been sent from others is relevant. See also lähetetty (sent) and lähettää (to send) for related forms and roots.