Määrättyjä

Määrättyjä is a Finnish word meaning “designated” or “specified” and is the plural partitive form of the adjective or past participle määrätty, from the verb määrätä (to designate, assign). In Finnish grammar, past participles used as adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, and the plural partitive form määrättyjä is produced when the modified noun is plural and the construction calls for the partitive case.

The form is common in formal, administrative, and legal language, but it also appears in everyday usage. It signals that the items, people, or conditions in question have been chosen, defined, or limited according to rules, criteria, contracts, or orders. Because it is a partitive form, määrättyjä often denotes a subset or indefinite quantity within a defined group, rather than the entire set.

Typical collocations include määrättyjä tehtäviä (designated tasks), määrättyjä henkilöitä (designated persons), määrättyjä ehtoja (specified conditions), and määrättyjä rajoja (defined limits). In policy or procedure texts, the phrase helps specify who or what is subject to particular provisions or allocations.

Etymology and related forms: määrätty stems from määrätä, meaning to designate or assign; the participial form määrätty functions adjectivally. The feminine, neuter, or singular forms align with the noun they modify, while määrättujen, määrättyjen, or määrättömästi different endings appear with other cases or numbers.

In summary, määrättyjä denotes designated elements in a plural, partitive context and is a common tool for describing defined subsets within Finnish official or formal discourse.