hylätyiksi

Hylätyiksi is a Finnish translative plural form derived from the past participle hylätty, meaning "rejected" or "discarded." The translative case (-ksi for singular, -iksi for plural) expresses a change of state or designation, so hylätyiksi literally means "into those who have been rejected" or "to be regarded as rejected." In practice, the construction is used with verbs that indicate becoming or being treated as something.

Morphology and usage

The base is the past participle hylätty, formed from the verb hylätä (to abandon, to reject). The translative plural suffix -iksi is attached to produce hylätyksi in the singular and hylätyiksi in the plural. The form is typically used with verbs like tulla (to become), muuttua (to change into), or joutua (to end up as), to express a state change or designation. For example, hakijoista tuli hylätyiksi means “the applicants became rejected” or more naturally in English, “the applicants were deemed rejected.”

Examples

- Päätös teki hakijoista hylätyiksi. The decision made the applicants into the rejected ones.

- Johtoryhmä päätti, että useimmat ehdokkaat jäivät hylätyiksi. Most candidates remained hylätyiksi.

Nuance

Hylätyiksi is used in formal, administrative, or legal contexts to describe classification or status changes. It often appears in discussions of decisions, eligibility, or evaluations where individuals or items are designated as rejected or excluded.

Related terms

- Hylätä: to abandon or reject (the verb from which hylätty/hylätyksi derives)

- Hylätty: the past participle meaning “rejected”

- Hylätyksi/hylätyiksi: translative forms indicating becoming or being designated as rejected

See also

Finnish translative case, Finnish participles, Finnish grammar on state-change constructions.