kerätyt

Kerätyt is a Finnish word that functions as the plural past passive participle of the verb kerätä, meaning "collected" or "gathered." It is used as an adjective to describe plural nouns that have been assembled or accumulated. In Finnish, participles declined as adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number, but not in gender, so kerätyt accompanies plural nouns.

The form is built from the verb kerätä with the suffix -tty to create the past passive participle and the plural ending -t. The corresponding singular form is kerätty, and the genitive forms change according to the noun they accompany (for example, kerätyn marjojen for genitive plural contexts).

Common usage includes phrases such as kerätyt marjat (the collected berries), kerätyt rahat (the funds that have been raised), or kerätyt tarinat (collected stories). The participle can appear both attributively, before the noun it modifies, and predicatively, in clauses such as Ne ovat kerätyt (They are collected).

Semantic nuance: kerätyt emphasizes that the items have already been gathered, completed, or compiled at the time of reference. It often appears in contexts related to data collection, fundraising, folklore or archival work, and other situations where items or information have been deliberately assembled from various sources.

See also: kerätty, the singular form used for a single item, and related Finnish participles formed with the -tty/-ttu suffix.