Päättyneeksi

Päättyneeksi is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb päättyä, meaning to end or come to an end. It denotes a state that has become ended and is used primarily in formal or written Finnish to describe classifications or statuses resulting from closure or completion. The form is part of the larger system of participial and adjectival inflections in Finnish.

Morphology and related forms: Päättyneeksi is the translative case form of the past passive participle (päättynyt/päättyne) and is used to express becoming into the state of having ended. Related forms include päättyneenä (essive, “as ended”) and the plural translative päättyneiksi (for multiple items). Finnish participles decline like adjectives, so their case endings reflect number and case. In everyday speech, other constructions such as päättynyt or on päättynyt are more common, while päättyneeksi appears most often in official, administrative, or legal language.

Usage: Päättyneeksi is typically used in predicative noun phrases or in combination with verbs like todettu (found) or luokiteltu (classified), to indicate that something has been deemed or classified as having ended. It often appears in formal documentation, case summaries, or regulatory texts. The expression contrasts with more everyday verbs and forms that state simply that something has ended (for example, päättynyt) rather than focusing on the state of having ended in a translative sense.

Examples:

- Tapaus on päättyneeksi todettu. (The case has been found to have ended.)

- Hanke on päättyneeksi luokiteltu. (The project has been classified as ended.)

- Sopimus on päättyneeksi todettu kyllä, in contexts emphasizing status change.