Perustettavissa

Perustettavissa is a Finnish word formed from the verb perustaa, meaning to establish or found. It expresses potentiality: something that can be established. Grammatically it is the passive potential participle with the suffix -ttavissa, and it is commonly used in attributive position with nouns, for example: “perustettavissa oleva osakeyhtiö” meaning a corporation that can be established. The form communicates feasibility rather than completion.

Usage of perustettavissa occurs mainly in formal or technical language, such as legal provisions, urban planning, business planning, and policymaking. It is used when discussing conditions under which a project, organization, or facility could be created, or when describing a plan as potentially realizable. In everyday Finnish, speakers may prefer phrases like “voida perustaa” depending on the context, but perustettavissa can condense statements about feasibility into a single word phrase.

Etymology and related forms: The root is perust- from perustaa, and -ttavissa is a suffix forming a passive potential mood equivalent to “able to be X.” Related forms include perustettava (to be established, in a future or non-potential sense) and phrases such as “perustettavissa oleva asia” to refer to something that can be established. The term thus functions as a linguistic tool to signal feasibility in planning and regulatory contexts.