erotetuissa

Erotetuissa is a Finnish grammatical form used as an adjective. It is the inessive plural form of the past passive participle erotettu, meaning “separated” or “distinguished.” As a participial adjective, erotettu describes nouns and agrees with them in number and case, so erotetuissa appears with plural nouns in the inessive case (indicating location or state, roughly “in the separated ones”).

Morphology and usage

The form erotetuissa is created from the stem erotettu- plus the inessive plural ending -issa/-issä, yielding erotetuissa. It is typically used to indicate that multiple items have been separated from others or are grouped apart in a certain context. Examples of common collocations include:

- erotetuissa ryhmissä (in separated groups)

- erotetuissa laatikoissa (in separated boxes)

- erotetuissa osissa (in separated parts)

Grammatical notes

- Erotetuissa functions as an adjective and must agree with the noun it modifies in number (plural) and case (inessive).

- Other inflected forms exist for the singular or other cases, e.g., erotettu (nominative singular), erotetun (genitive singular), erotetut (nominative plural), eigaia eri cases depending on the noun they modify.

Context and nuance

The term is mainly used in descriptive or technical Finnish, such as descriptions of processes, categorization, or physical separation tasks. It conveys that items have been separated from a larger whole or organized into distinct groups or compartments.

See also

Finnish grammar, participial adjectives, inessive case.