Pysähtynyttä

Pysähtynyttä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish past participle of the verb pysähtyä, meaning to stop or come to a halt. It expresses a state that has resulted from stopping and is typically used to modify a noun in non-definite or object position, or in negated constructions.

In practice, pysähtynyttä describes something that has already stopped. When used as an attributive modifier in nominative position, the form is pysähtynyt (a stopped car). In other contexts, especially when the noun is in partitive or the clause is negative, the participle takes the partitive form: pysähtynyttä autoa, pysähtynyttä aikaa, and so on. This distinction mirrors Finnish grammar where the participle agrees with the case and number of the noun it modifies.

Usage notes include that pysähtynyttä is common in written Finnish and in descriptions of events or observations where the state of having stopped is central. It can refer to physical stoppages (a stopped vehicle), interruptions in activity (stopped thinking, paused work), or abstract halts (time that has stopped). The related noun pysähtyminen denotes the act of stopping, while pysähdys refers more broadly to a halt or standstill.

Overall, pysähtynyttä functions as a grammatical form that conveys a resulting state from stopping, with its exact case form determined by the noun it accompanies and the syntactic role within the sentence.