liittämää

Liittämä is a Finnish noun derived from the verb liittää, meaning to attach or connect. In practice, it refers to something that has been attached to something else or to an attachment or annex in a document or file. The term is not common in everyday language; more typical terms for the same idea are liite or liitteet, which are standard in both correspondence and formal documents.

Etymology and usage context: Liittämä comes from the root liitti- (to attach) with the nominalizing suffix -mä. It is often encountered in older or highly formal texts, including some legal or administrative writings, where it may be used to designate the thing that has been attached.

In modern Finnish, liite remains the preferred word for an attachment or appendix. When describing the state of something that has already been attached, speakers more commonly use phrases such as “liitetty” (attached) or “liitettynä” (as an attachment) rather than the standalone noun liittämä.

Relation to related terms: Other forms of the same root include liitti-, liite, and liitin, which cover related concepts such as connections, connectors, or appended elements. The term liittämä is best understood as part of a family of words that express attachment or connection, with liite as the prevailing everyday term.

See also: Liite, Liitteet, Liitetty, Liitettynä, Liitin.