kosteutettuina

Kosteutettuina is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb kostuttaa, meaning to moisten or dampen. It functions as a past passive participle in the plural form and is used to describe a state in which several items have been moistened. The form is common in technical and descriptive writing where a number of objects or materials are being characterized by their moisture condition.

Morphology and usage notes: The base verb kostuttaa yields the past passive participle kosteutettu. The ending -ina marks a plural form and is used to modify nouns in phrases that denote the moistening state of multiple items. In practice, kosteutettuina appears in noun phrases that refer to several objects described as having undergone the moisture-adding process. For example, it may appear in procedural texts, laboratory notes, or instruction manuals when listing or describing multiple materials that have been moistened.

Contexts and relevance: The term is primarily encountered in fields where moisture treatment is routine, such as horticulture, agriculture, food processing, cosmetics, and laboratory work. It helps to compressly express that a set of materials has already been moistened, without repeating the verb kostuttaa for each item. Because it is a grammatical form, its precise usage depends on sentence structure and the surrounding nouns.

Examples: In practice, texts might use phrases like “kosteutettuina näytteet” or “kosteutettuina materiaaleina” to indicate that several samples or materials have been moistened. The form is most common in formal or technical Finnish and may appear in manuals, protocols, or research reports.

See also: kostuttaa, kosteutus, kosteuttaminen.