arvostettuja

Arvostettuja is a Finnish adjective form meaning esteemed or valued. It is the plural partitive form of the adjective arvostettu, which is derived from the verb arvostaa, meaning to value or respect. The word is used to describe plural nouns in contexts where the object is indefinite or part of a larger, non-specific set, or as the object of a verb that takes a partitive.

In Finnish grammar, arvostettu can function as a descriptive modifier. Its plural partitive form arvostettuja appears when describing multiple items or people in a partitive construction, such as after verbs that take a partitive object (for example, palkattiin arvostettuja työntekijöitä, “esteemed employees were hired”) or when referring to an unspecified subset of esteemed entities. The corresponding nominative plural is arvostetut, and the singular partitive is arvostettua.

Typical usage includes contexts in journalism, academic writing, and formal descriptions. It pairs with a variety of nouns to convey a sense of high regard or professional esteem, such as arvostettuja tutkijoita (esteemed researchers), arvostettuja taiteilijoita (esteemed artists), or arvostettuja julkaisuja (esteemed publications).

Etymologically, arvostettu traces to arvostaa, which conveys the act of valuing or respecting, with the participial suffix that forms an adjective. As a result, arvostettuja is a standard grammatical form used to express esteem about multiple, non-specified items in Finnish text.