Pyöristettynä

Pyöristettynä is a Finnish linguistic form that functions as the essive form of the past passive participle pyöristetty, meaning “rounded.” The base participle pyöristetty translates to “rounded” or “made rounded,” and the essive suffix -nä adds a state-oriented meaning, yielding “being rounded” or “in a rounded state.”

In practice, pyöristettynä is used to describe the current state of an object rather than an action that was performed. It often appears in technical or descriptive language, such as product specifications, design documents, or CAD drawings, where a feature is described as existing in a rounded condition. Typical construction involves a noun followed by the essive participle phrase, for example: Reunat ovat pyöristettynä (The edges are rounded). It can also occur in elliptical phrases, such as Kulmat pyöristettynä, to denote that corners are rounded.

Morphology and variation: pyöristettynä is formed by taking the past passive participle pyöristetty and adding the essive suffix -nä, conforming to Finnish vowel harmony. While pyöristetty is common in everyday usage to state that something has been rounded, pyöristettynä is more common when emphasizing the resulting state.

Notes: pyöristää has senses related to rounding shapes (geometry) and rounding numbers (estimation). The past passive participle pyöristetty covers both meanings, but pyöristettynä specifically marks a state. The form is somewhat specialized and less frequent in casual language.

See also: pyöristä, pyöristetty, essive case, Finnish grammar.