Paljastuneista

Paljastuneista is a Finnish grammatical form representing the elative plural of the past participle paljastunut, meaning revealed or disclosed. It is used to refer to multiple items or matters that have become known or uncovered, often in formal, legal, or journalistic contexts.

Formation and function: Paljastuneista is formed from the stem paljastune- plus the elative plural ending -ista. It functions as a participial adjective in the elative case, typically modifying a plural noun. Examples include paljastuneista tapauksista (from the revealed cases), paljastuneista tiedoista (from the disclosed information), and paljastuneista seikoista (from the revealed matters). It is not used as a standalone noun.

Usage notes: The elative form conveys origin or source, indicating that what is being discussed comes from material that has been revealed or disclosed. In written Finnish, paljastuneista appears frequently in news reporting, analyses, and regulatory or investigative language to specify information that has been made public or uncovered.

Examples:

- Paljastuneista tapauksista keskusteltiin julkisesti. (There was public discussion about the revealed cases.)

- Paljastuneista tiedoista käy ilmi, että... (From the disclosed information it follows that...)

See also: paljastunut (the base form meaning revealed), paljastuneet (nominative plural of the participle). The form paljastuneista is mainly a syntactic tool for expressing source material in the elative plural.