määritellyssä

Määritellyssä is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective or past passive participle derived from the verb määritellä, meaning to define or specify. The base participle määräytyy määritelty, and the ending -ssä marks the inessive case, yielding määritellyssä. In English, it can be glossed as “in the defined” or “in the defined one,” and it is used to describe something that has already been defined or specified in a given context.

Morphology and usage are typical of Finnish grammar, where adjectives and participles can take case endings to signal grammatical role and relationship to nouns. Määritellyssä is therefore most likely to modify a singular noun in an inessive clause, such as in standards, requirements, or specifications. Common contexts include technical, legal, or formal prose where pre-established definitions or boundaries are referenced: for example, määritellyssä kontekstissa (in the defined context) or määritellyssä tehtävässä (in the defined task).

Relation to other forms is straightforward: määritelty is the basic past passive participle meaning “defined,” often used attributively as määritelty tehtävä (defined task). Määritellyssä functions similarly but emphasizes the in-context location or state of being defined. The form is grammatically correct but tends to appear more in written, formal Finnish than in everyday speech.

See also: määritelty, määritelty tehtävä, määritelty konteksti.