liittyneinä

Liittyneinä is a Finnish grammatical form used in formal writing. It is the plural essive form of the past participle liittynyt, derived from the verb liittyä meaning to join, relate, or be affiliated. As an essive plural, liittyneinä expresses “as related/affiliated” and is typically part of phrases describing entities in a specific capacity. In practice, it is most common in legal, corporate, or financial contexts, where parties linked to a company are described. A typical construction is liittyneinä osapuolina = “as related parties.” The phrase may appear in disclosures, contracts, and annual reports to identify subsidiaries, associates, or other connected entities involved in transactions or relationships with the main party. Usage patterns: it occurs with plural nouns in the essive case, often alongside nouns in the translative or nominative forms, e.g., liittyneinä osapuolina olevat tytäryhtiöt. Grammatical note: Finnish forms use the essive case to mark “in the capacity of” or “as”; the suffix -nä yields the plural form, here applied to the participle liittynyt. The term is not a separate concept but a grammatical construction commonly seen in Finnish administrative and corporate prose. See also related terms such as liittyneet osapuolet (related parties).