Osoitetusta

Osoitetusta is a Finnish inflected form that appears in grammar and written language. It is the elative singular form of the past passive participle "osoitettu," which is derived from the verb "osoittaa" meaning to indicate, point out, or address. As a participial adjective, "osoitettu" describes something that has been indicated or addressed in a preceding discourse, document, or context. The elative case suffix -sta/-stä signals origin or reference from something that has already been mentioned, yielding "osoitetusta" to mean roughly “from the indicated/addressed [item].”

Usage and interpretation: In formal Finnish, osoitetusta is used to refer back to something identified earlier in text, such as a prior statement, target, or example. It is most common in bureaucratic, legal, and academic styles, where precise reference to previously mentioned material is important. The form can occur in attributive position before a noun or, less commonly, in predicative constructions with the appropriate verb forms, though predicative use is rarer in everyday speech.

Declension and related forms: The base participle "osoitettu" forms multiple case endings to fit different syntactic roles. Examples would include osoitetun (genitive singular), osoitetulle (illative/dative-like forms depending on construction), and osoitettua (partitive). Other related words include osoite (address) and the verb osoittaa (to indicate). The exact meaning of osoitetusta depends on context, particularly what in the discourse is being referenced as the thing that has been indicated.

Notes: Finnish grammar allows flexible word order, so the function of osoitetusta is determined largely by context and accompanying elements in the sentence.