luotetuista

Luotetuista is a Finnish grammatical form used to indicate a relation to trust, most commonly functioning as the elative plural form of the plural adjective or participle luotettu. Luotettu is the past passive participle derived from the verb luottaa, meaning “to trust.” In practice, luotetuista translates roughly as “from the trusted ones” or “of the trusted ones,” and it appears in contexts that describe source, origin, or affiliation with trusted persons or things.

Morphology and usage

Luotetuista is formed from the plural luotetut (the trusted ones) with the elative plural ending -ista/-istä, indicating origin or source. This form is typical in formal or official Finnish writing, including policies, reports, and descriptions of procedures or sources. It may modify nouns in phrases such as luotetuista lähteistä (from trusted sources) or luotetuista henkilöistä koostuva tiimi (a team composed of trusted people).

Examples

Tiedot ovat peräisin luotetuista lähteistä. (The information comes from trusted sources.)

Hänen valintansa perustui luotetuista henkilöistä koostuvaan tiimiin. (Her selection was based on a team composed of trusted people.)

Etymology

Luotetuista derives from luotettu, itself a past passive participle of luottaa. The elative plural ending -ista/-istä marks source or origin, yielding a phrase that emphasizes trust as a quality of the referenced group or items.

See also

Finnish grammar, elative case, luottaa.