Määräämiä

Määräämiä is a Finnish word that functions as the plural partitive form of a participial adjective derived from the verb määrätä, meaning to designate, appoint, or determine. In this form, määräämä describes something that has been designated or appointed by an authority. The form is typically used with nouns referring to people or things that have been assigned a particular role or status, such as määräämiä henkilöitä (designated persons) or määräämiä virkoja (designated offices). Because it is a participial form, määräämiä appears most often in formal or administrative language and in legal or historical texts.

Grammatically, määräämä originates from määrätä, and its participial variations function similarly to adjectives, agreeing with the noun in number and case. The plural partitive Määräämiä commonly appears in contexts where the speaker focuses on the quantity of designated entities within an ongoing or unspecified amount, rather than identifying specific individuals.

Usage and context: Määräämiä is relatively formal and specialized. It tends to occur in official documents, parliamentary texts, and historical descriptions. In everyday Finnish, speakers more commonly use synonyms such as määrätyt, nimitetyt, or asetetut, depending on nuance and register. The choice between these forms can reflect whether the emphasis is on designation as a process, on the status granted, or on the act of appointment itself.

See also: Finnish participles, Finnish grammar, nominalized adjectives, legal Finnish terms.