Syötettäviä

Syötettäviä is a Finnish adjective form meaning “to be fed” or “feedable,” derived from the verb syöttää (to feed or to input). Grammatically it is the plural partitive form of the adjective syötettävä, used to describe multiple objects that are intended to be fed or supplied with input. The form is common in both everyday and technical language, where feeding can refer to actual food or to data and other inputs.

In everyday use, syötettäviä can refer to things that must be fed, such as animals or meals, though more natural phrasing is often used in context. For example, one might encounter expressions referring to “syötettäviä eläimiä” in feeding schedules, but speakers typically rephrase as “eläimiä, joita on ruokittava.” In technical contexts, syötettäviä describes data, parameters, or files that are to be provided to a system, such as “syötettäviä arvoja” (input values) or “syötettäviä tiedostoja” (input files).

Usage notes: The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case as Finnish adjectives do. The plural partitive form syötettäviä signals an indefinite or mass set of items to be fed or supplied, rather than a specific, counted subset. It is important to distinguish syötettäviä from the related but distinct concept syöte or syöttö, which refer to inputs or input streams rather than the attribute of being feedable.

See also: syöte, syöttö, syötävä.