käytetylle

Käytetylle is a Finnish form that functions as the allative singular of the past participle adjective käytytetty? It is used to describe something that has already been used, and it inflects like other Finnish adjectives to match the noun it modifies. In practice, käytetylle appears in phrases where the noun is in the allative case, indicating direction or a beneficiary toward which something is oriented, such as “for the used item” or “to the used item.”

Form and usage. In Finnish, adjectives and participles inflect for number and case. When the noun they describe is in the allative, the corresponding form of the adjective is used, yielding forms such as käytetylle. An example is Käytetylle tuotteelle myönnetään takuu, meaning “A warranty is granted for the used product.” This pattern is common in product labeling, marketing, and grammar explanations, and it helps distinguish a used item from a new one in specific contexts.

Relation to other forms. Käytetty is the base past participle meaning “used.” Käytetylle is one inflected form used specifically with allative nouns. In everyday speech, the uninflected form käytytty or the simple compound phrases like käytetty tuote (a used product) are more typical, but käytetylle serves a precise grammatical role in sentences requiring the allative case.

Etymology. The word derives from the verb käyttää, meaning “to use.” The past participle käytytetty (käytetty) evolves into an adjective form that can take Finnish case endings, including the allative -lle.

See also. Finnish grammar, participles, adjectives, allative case.