kertakirjoitettua

Kertakirjoitettua is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe text or other written material that has been produced in a single instance. It functions as a past passive participle with a one-time- prefix, and it typically appears in constructions where the noun it modifies is in partitive case, for example kertakirjoitettua tekstiä or kertakirjoitettua materiaalia. The form is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning; rather, it is a participial adjective derived from kirjoittaa (to write) and the quantitative prefix kerta (one time).

Etymology and morphology: The word combines kerta meaning “one time” or “one-off” with kirjoitettu, the past passive participle of kirjoittaa. The resulting compound kertakirjoitettu acts as an adjective, and when the noun it modifies is in partitive, the adjective takes the partitive form, yielding kertakirjoitettua as the typical ending. This pattern mirrors how many Finnish participles are adapted to fit grammatical case and number in a sentence.

Usage: Kertakirjoitettua is relatively rare and specialized. It tends to appear in archival, editorial, or research contexts where the provenance or reproducibility of a text is under discussion. It is not a common everyday term, and its meaning can be conveyed with more explicit phrasing, such as teksti kirjoitettu kerran or yksittäisesti kirjoitettua tekstiä, depending on the emphasis.

Examples: Kertakirjoitettua tekstiä osoittaa, että dokumentti on kirjoitettu vain kerran. Hän käsitteli kertakirjoitettua materiaalia, josta oli säilynyt vain yksi alkuperäinen kopio.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, partitive case.