Sieppautuneisiin

Sieppautuneisiin is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in reference to abducted people. It is formed as the illative plural of the past participle sieppautuneet, meaning “the abducted.” In this use, sieppautuneisiin functions as a noun-like element that denotes the group of people who have been abducted, with the illative ending signaling direction toward or into that group in certain sentence structures.

In practical use, sieppautuneisiin is most commonly encountered in linguistic descriptions or in formal or forensic texts where the abducted are being referenced as a group. The illative plural ending -iin (in this case -neisiin) marks a relationship to the group, and it can appear in phrases such as sieppautuneisiin liittyvät toimenpiteet, meaning “measures related to the abducted.” This illustrates how the form can combine with verbs and adjectives to express aspects related to the abducted individuals.

Usage notes: Sieppautuneisiin is relatively rare in everyday spoken Finnish and is predominantly a feature of written Finnish, particularly in linguistic analysis, legal language, or historical descriptions where precise grammatical relations to a group of abducted persons are needed. In ordinary text, speakers more commonly use noun phrases like “sieppautuneet henkilöt” or employ other constructions to convey related meaning.

See also: sieppaus (kidnapping), sieppautua (to be abducted), sieppautuneet (the abducted).