menettämä

Menettämää is a form related to the Finnish verb menettää, meaning to lose. In standard Finnish, the main noun for the act of losing is menettäminen, and the noun for the result or the thing lost is menetys. The form menettämää is not a widely recognized dictionary entry in modern Finnish and is generally considered nonstandard. When it appears, it is usually in dialectal usage, older or poetic texts, or as a misspelling rather than as an accepted, separate lexeme.

In Finnish, expressions of loss are handled by several related terms. Menettäminen denotes the process or act of losing something. Menetys refers to the loss itself, such as the thing that is lost or a bereavement. In secular or everyday language, these terms are used to describe personal, material, or symbolic losses. In legal or financial contexts, toisinaan tappio is used to indicate a loss in revenue or property, distinguishing it from personal misplacement or removal of an object.

Usage note: speakers may encounter menettämää primarily as a nonstandard variant or in poetic style, and it is not part of the standard Finnish lexicon. For clear communication, prefer menettäminen when referring to the act of losing, and menetys for the loss itself. See also menettää, menetys, menettiä (variants of related forms).