mallinnettuun

Mallinnettuun is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the illative case of the past participle mallinnettu, used as an adjective meaning “modeled.” It denotes direction toward or into a modeled state or system and is typically attached to a noun in illative form, for example mallinnettuun järjestelmään, meaning “into the modeled system.”

In practice, the form appears in technical texts dealing with modeling, simulation, data processing, and systems engineering, where the modeled object is the target of an action, transformation, or input. Its use helps distinguish the modeled version from the real or original object and clarifies the destination of the action.

Etymology and grammar: mallinnettu comes from the verb mallintaa (“to model”) and the past participle suffix -nyt/-nyt, while illative endings such as -uun/-iin attach to adjectives and participles to indicate a destination. As a result, the phrase mallinnettuun kirjaan would mean “into the modeled book,” with mallinnettu modifying the noun in a grammatically consistent illative form.

Usage notes: In Finnish, adjectives and participles agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so mallinnettu becomes mallinnettuun before a singular illative noun like järjestelmä or data. The construction is common in domains such as software development, simulation studies, and data science, where distinguishing between the modeled and real objects is important.

Examples:

- Syötä tiedot mallinnettuun järjestelmään.

- Analysi pohjautuu mallinnettuun dataan.

See also: mallintaminen, illatiivi, mallinnettu.