kirjattava

Kirjattava is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as an attributive adjective meaning “to be written” or “to be recorded.” It is formed with the root related to writing and the -ttava suffix, which in Finnish creates a participial adjective indicating an action that must or will be performed on the noun it modifies. The form can denote future action, obligation, or a property of being written, depending on context.

In usage, kirjattava operates like other -ttava participial adjectives in Finnish. It agrees with the noun in number and case, for example kirjattava tieto (the information to be written) or kirjattavat asiat (the matters to be written). In everyday language, forms such as kirjoitettava or kirjoitettava are often used where the emphasis is on the act of writing itself; kirjattava is more common in formal or technical registers and can carry a nuance of necessity or requirement.

Common contexts include bureaucratic, legal, or documentary prose, where it marks items that must be documented, entered into a system, or otherwise recorded. The term helps to designate scope and obligations without naming the exact action as a separate verb.

Related concepts include other Finnish participial adjectives formed with -ttava/-ttävä, which describe tasks or actions to be performed (e.g., tehtävä from tehdä, or tarkistettava from tarkistaa). Understanding kirjattava involves recognizing Finnish participial morphology and the way these forms modify nouns.

See also: Finnish participles, -ttava/-ttävä adjectives, documentation language.