Poistettuina

Poistettuina is a Finnish word form used to describe multiple items that have been removed or deleted. It is the plural essive form of the past participle poistaa, meaning that it conveys a state or role rather than an action. In practice, poistettuina appears in lists, inventories, archives, and procedural documents to mark items that are no longer present or active. The form is typically used with plural nouns and functions as an adjective in the essive case, indicating a temporary state of being removed.

Formation and usage details: Poistettuina is formed from the past participle poistettu and takes the essive plural ending to describe several items as being in the state of removal. This construction is common in formal or technical writing, where statuses of objects, records, or components need to be clearly labeled or described.

Examples:

- Poistettuina olevat tiedostot on siirretty arkistoon. (Files that are removed have been moved to the archive.)

- Luettelossa kohteet on merkitty poistettuina, koska ne on poistettu käytöstä. (In the list, the items are marked as removed because they have been deactivated.)

Linguistic note: Poistettuina illustrates how Finnish participles can be inflected for case and number to indicate a state applicable to multiple nouns. It is distinct from the singular form poistettu, which means “removed” for a single item. In everyday language, similar meanings are often expressed with simpler constructions, but poistettuina remains a clear and precise option in formal documentation and metadata.