Puhdistettavista

Puhdistettavista is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe items or materials that are to be cleaned or are capable of being cleaned. It is the elative plural form of the participial adjective puhdistettava, which derives from the verb puhdistaa meaning to clean. The construction combines the root puhdistett- with the suffix -ava to form puhdistettava (“to be cleaned” / “cleanable”), and then takes the elative plural ending -ista to yield puhdistettavista. In practical use, this form means “from the cleanable parts” or more broadly “the parts to be cleaned,” depending on the sentence.

Usage and context:

Puhdistettavista appears primarily in technical, industrial, or procedure-oriented texts, such as maintenance manuals, production instructions, or quality-control documents. It is used to specify categories, groups, or sources related to cleaning processes. The form is typically found in phrases that describe what should be cleaned, what is subject to cleaning, or what information should be gathered regarding cleaning.

Example:

Puhdistettavista osista on tehtävä luettelo ennen kokoonpanoa.

Translation: A list of the cleanable parts must be prepared before assembly.

Related forms and notes:

- puhdistettava: the base form meaning “to be cleaned” or “cleanable” (attributive form).

- puhdistettavissa: meaning “cleanable” or “able to be cleaned” in a general sense.

- puhdistettavaksi / puhdistettavista: other case forms of the same participial adjective used in different grammatical roles.

Puhdistettavista thus functions as a specialized inflected form that helps convey precise distinctions about cleaning status within Finnish technical language.