hajonnutta

Hajonnutta is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb hajota, which means "to break," "to fall apart," or "to disperse." As a past participle used adjectivally, hajonnutta commonly conveys the sense of something that has been broken, shattered, or otherwise rendered into a fragmented state. In ordinary usage it functions to modify nouns or appear in predicate constructions describing a completed or resultant condition.

Grammatically, hajonnutta is typically the partitive singular form of the past participle hajonnut. The partitive is used in Finnish to indicate partialness, indefiniteness, quantity, or ongoing relevance; for example, hajonnutta lasia translates as "broken glass" in the sense of some broken pieces, and hajonnutta luottamusta as "broken trust." The form appears in both literal descriptions (damaged objects, shattered materials) and figurative contexts (emotional states, relationships, systems).

Synonyms and related words include rikkoutunut (damaged, broken) and hajalla (colloquially scattered, distraught). Hajonnutta occurs in written and spoken Finnish across registers, from journalism and technical descriptions to literature and everyday speech, where it helps express states resulting from physical or metaphorical rupture.