Provosoituja

Provosoituja is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the plural partitive adjective derived from the past passive participle provosoitu, meaning “provoked” or “incited.” It describes plural nouns that have undergone provocation or incitement. In Finnish, participial adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, and provosoituja represents the partitive plural form used when the noun is in the partitive case or in constructions requiring a non-nominative object.

Usage and examples:

- Provosoituja kommentteja — provoked comments

- Provosoituja kysymyksiä — provoked questions

These expressions indicate that the referenced items resulted from provocation rather than being inherently provoked entities.

Etymology and related forms:

Provosoituja comes from the verb provosoida (to provoke). The form combines provosoitu, the past passive participle, with the plural partitive suffix -ja to describe multiple provoked items. Related forms include provosoitu (singular), and provosoida (to provoke) and provosoitus (provocation).

Notes:

Provosoituja is most common in written Finnish, including journalism and academic writing, where it nouns descriptions of multiple items influenced by provocation. In everyday speech, speakers may use paraphrases or alternative expressions, but provosoituja remains the standard form when the head noun is in the partitive plural.