Päätyneitä

Päätyneitä is a Finnish grammatical form used as the partitive plural of the past participle pikkä from the verb päästä? Wait. The correct base is from pään tytty? I need to fix this: The article should explain that päätyneitä is the partitive plural of the participle päätynyt, derived from the verb päättyä meaning to end or be finished. It describes nouns that have already ended or concluded, and it is common in written Finnish to describe completed items in a non-specific or indefinite sense.

Definition

Päätyneitä is the partitive plural form of the participle päätynyt, derived from the verb päättyä (to end, to be finished). It functions as an adjective in sentences where the described nouns are in the partitive case and refer to things that have reached an ending or conclusion.

Usage

The form is typically used to modify plural nouns in partitive case, signaling that the objects are in a concluded state rather than ongoing. Examples include:

- päätyneitä projekteja (projects that have ended)

- päätyneitä sopimuksia (contracts that have been terminated)

In predicative use, Finnish often prefers forms like päättyneet, but päätyneitä appears when the noun is in partitive or when the surrounding grammar requires a partitive object.

Grammar notes

Päätyneitä follows the standard Finnish pattern for adjectival participles: it agrees in number (plural) and case with the noun it modifies and takes the partitive plural ending -neitä. It is related to other participial adjectives formed from the same verb, and contrasts with forms like päättyneet, which are used in other syntactic contexts.

See also

päättyä, päättyneet, Finnish participles, Finnish grammar.