laadittavaan

Laadittavaan is a Finnish participial form used in formal and written language. It derives from the verb laadata or laadittaa meaning to draft, prepare, or compose, and it functions as a passive present participle with the meaning “to be drafted” or “to be prepared.” As an adjective, laadittavaan is used to describe nouns that refer to items which are intended to undergo drafting or preparation, such as documents, plans, or procedures.

In usage, laadittavaan typically appears in noun phrases that refer to future work or anticipated output. It is common in administrative, legal, and project-planning texts. The form can be declined to align with the case of the noun it modifies, allowing phrases that indicate where the drafting will take place, into which the drafting will occur, or which the drafting concerns. This makes laadittavaan a versatile way to signal upcoming preparation within a sentence.

Examples include:

- Laadittavaan asiakirjaan kerätään lisätietoja. (Additional information will be collected for the document to be drafted.)

- Laadittavaan suunnitelmaan on huomioitu palautteet. (Feedback has been incorporated into the plan to be drafted.)

- Ohjeet löytyvät laadittavaan käsikirjaan liittyen. (The instructions relate to the manual to be drafted.)

Etymologically, laadittavaan combines the participial stem indicating passive action with a case ending that marks its syntactic position in the sentence. The form is part of Finnish grammar’s productive repertoire for describing future or pending drafting tasks in a concise, formal style.