esitetyssä

Esitetyssä is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb esit-tä, meaning to present, propose, or put forward. It is the inessive singular form of the past passive participle esitetty, which functions as an adjective or adjectival participle in Finnish. As with other participial adjectives, esitetyssä agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and is used to describe something that has already been presented within a given context.

In usage, esitetyssä typically introduces information that has been presented earlier in the text or within a specific source. It is common in formal, scholarly, or technical prose, where writers refer to material that has been “presented” or “stated” in a referenced document, section, or discussion. The form helps tie a statement to the source or to the material that has been introduced, without repeating the full context each time.

Morphologically, esitetyssä stems from esitetty (the past passive participle of esittää). The inessive suffix -ssä attaches to form the sense of “in the presented” or “in the presented context.” Related forms include esitetty (presented), esitettyä (partitive), and other case/number combinations used with the same participial stem.

See also: esittää, esitetty, esittäminen, Finnish participles, adjectives in Finnish.

Esitetyssä is thus a functional part of Finnish grammar for signaling that a described fact or element has been previously presented within a specified context, aligning with formal and precise modes of expression.