Tarvittua

Tarvittua is a Finnish participial form meaning "needed" or "required." It functions as an adjective in attributive or predicative positions, describing something that is necessary for a given purpose. In standard Finnish, tarvittua is commonly used with nouns in the partitive case, such as energiaa, rahaa, tietoa, or apua, to indicate a needed quantity or resource in a general sense.

Etymology and form: Tarvittua is derived from the verb tarvita (to need) and is the partitive form of the past passive participle tarvittu. The construction is typical for turning a passive participle into a modifier that describes a non-specific or indefinite amount of something that is needed.

Usage notes: Tarvittua is especially common in formal, policy, or planning language, but it also appears in general discourse when discussing requirements. It conveys a sense of necessity from an external or objective perspective. It differs from related terms such as vaadittu (explicitly required) and tarvita/tarvittava (present forms related to need), which can carry slightly different nuance or grammatical roles depending on context.

Examples:

- Tarvittua energiaa on oltava riittävästi.

- Hankkeelle on haettava tarvittua rahoitusta.

- Tarvittua apua saatiin nopeasti.

- Tarvittua tietoa ei ole saatavilla.

See also: tarvita, tarvittava, vaadittu.