eimuutettavia

Eimuutettavia is a Finnish term used to describe items, values, or elements that are not intended to be changed. It is formed from the negation ei- and the participle muuttettava, here used in the plural partitive form eimuutettavia. In everyday Finnish the concept is typically expressed as ei muutettavia, but the single-word variant appears in technical writing, data schemas, configuration guides, and contractual language where compact notation is common.

Linguistic and orthographic notes

In standard Finnish, negation is usually written as kaksi separate words (ei muutettavia). The one-word form eimuutettavia is often found in computer science, information governance, and specification documents to signal immutability or a hard constraint. Grammatically, eimuutettavia functions as an adjective in the partitive plural, modifying a noun such as arvoja (values), kenttiä (fields), or asetuksia (settings).

Domains and usage

The term is used mainly in technical and administrative contexts to indicate that certain elements should not be altered. Examples include databases with eimuutettavia arvoja or API specifications listing eimuutettavia kenttiä to preserve data integrity, and policy documents defining eimuutettavia asetuksia that require notice before any change.

Relation to related terms

Eimuutettavia is closely related to mutta the general idea of immutability. It differs from muuttumaton (completely unchanging) by often implying a policy or constraint rather than an absolute, timeless property. In practice, eimuutettavia signals a recommended or enforced restriction on modification rather than a universal ontological statement.

See also

Muttuva, muuttumaton, immutability, change control.