Pääteltyyn

Pääteltyyn is a Finnish grammatical form formed from the past passive participle päätelty, meaning inferred or deduced, with the illative case ending -yn. It is used to express direction toward something described as inferred or deduced, and it commonly appears in formal or technical prose where a deduced conclusion or statement is being indicated as the recipient or target of reference.

Formation and function

The base word päätelty comes from the verb päätellä, which means to deduce or infer. When an illative ending is added to this participial adjective, the form pääteltyyn yields the meaning “into the inferred/deduced …” or more freely “the inferred …” in a designated illative phrase. In practice, pääteltyyn typically modifies a noun in the illative case, such as johtopäätökseen (to the conclusion). The construction is characteristic of Finnish’s rich case system, where adjectives and participles decline to match the case of the noun they describe.

Usage

Pääteltyyn is relatively rare in everyday language and is mostly found in academic, analytical, or formal writing. It is useful for precise reference to a conclusion or assertion that has been deduced, as in discussing evidence or results that point to a specific inferred outcome.

Example

Raportissa viitataan pääteltyyn johtopäätökseen, eli siihen johtopäätökseen, joka on päätelty tutkimuksen perusteella.

See also

Finnish grammar, illative case, participles, adjectives in Finnish.