Poistettuiksi

Poistettuiksi is a Finnish grammatical form, functioning as the translative plural of the past participle poistettu, which means “removed” or “deleted.” The form expresses a change of state, indicating that subjects have become or are designated as removed. It is mainly found in formal, administrative, or technical language, and is used with plural referents.

Morphology and function: The form is created by taking the past participle poistettu and adding the translative plural suffix -iksi, yielding poistettuiksi. It agrees with the noun it refers to in number and is employed in predicative constructions or in contexts describing status or classification. In practice, many Finnish speakers use the more common singular forms such as poistettu or poistetuksi in everyday speech, while poistettuiksi appears in lists, policy texts, and other formal documents.

Usage notes: Poistettuiksi is used to signal that several items or entities have been designated as removed, or have undergone a change into a removed state. It belongs to a broader set of translative forms in Finnish that express becoming or entering a new state, such as -iksi for becoming or acting “as” something. Because of its formal tone, poistettuiksi is less frequent in casual conversation and more typical in official records, inventories, or procedural texts.

Etymology and related forms: The root is poistettu from the verb poistaa, with translative -iksi applied to create the plural form poistettuiksi. Related forms include poistettu (past participle, singular), poistetuksi (singular translative), and other translative forms built from different participles to indicate becoming into a particular state.

See also: Finnish translative case, past participles in Finnish, forms with -ksi, administrative Finnish terminology.