Rapportoitavaa

Rapportoitavaa is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe information or material that is intended to be reported. It is the partitive singular form of the passive present participle raporteitettava (to be reported) derived from the verb raportoida, meaning "to report" or "to file a report." In usage, rapportoitavaa functions as an adjective describing a noun in contexts where the noun is entered as indefinite or mass.

Morphology and usage

Rapportoitavaa is not a standalone noun; it is a participial adjective inflected to agree with the noun it modifies. It commonly appears with nouns in the partitive case, for example: raportoitavaa tietoa (information to be reported) and raportoitavaa materiaalia (material to be reported). The construction conveys obligation, relevance, or requirement to report the described content, rather than completed reporting.

Context and purpose

The term is most frequent in formal, administrative, legal, or data-management texts where obligations, duties, or criteria are defined. It helps distinguish between information that must be reported and information that is not subject to reporting. Because it carries a sense of obligation, rapportoitavaa is often found in guidelines, compliance documents, audit descriptions, and regulatory language.

Etymology and related forms

Rapportoitavaa stems from raportoida plus the -tava/-tävä participle ending, forming raportoiva (reporting) and raportoittava (to be reported). The related forms include raportoitettava (the head participle form) and the simple verb raportoida. In practical use, raportoitavaa and its variations appear whenever the text specifies content that requires reporting.

See also: raportoida, raportoitettava, passive participles in Finnish.