Pidätetyiksi

Pidätetyiksi is a Finnish grammatical form that marks a change of state or designation into the status of being detained. It is the translative plural form of pidätetty, meaning “detained.” The singular translative is pidätettyksi, while pidätetyiksi denotes multiple people being or becoming detainees. This form is primarily found in formal, legal, and administrative language.

The word is used to describe people who are being considered, designated, or treated as detainees in a given context. It often appears in sentences that describe decisions or classifications rather than the act of arrest itself. For example, in a legal statement one might read: Henkilöt määrättiin pidätetyiksi. This indicates that the individuals were designated or ordered to be detained.

Pidätetyiksi tends to occur with verbs that express change of status or formal designation, such as tulla (to become), määrätä (to designate/appoint), or nimetä (to name). It is distinct from pidätetty, which generally functions as a past participle describing someone who has been detained, and from pidätetyt, the plural noun form meaning “detainees.”

In practice, pidätetyiksi appears mainly in official reports, court documents, police statements, and news coverage where the precise legal status of multiple individuals is described. It signals that those individuals are being described as detainees, rather than merely being under temporary custody.