määriteltyä

Määriteltyä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish past passive participle määritelty, derived from the verb määritellä, meaning to define or specify. In Finnish grammar, participles can function as adjectives and agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The partitive singular ending -ä/-ä is used when the noun is in partitive or when the quantity or scope is indefinite, as is common in many technical or formal texts.

The form mämäriteltyä signals that what is being described has been defined or specified previously, by a person, standard, or document. It is especially common in written Finnish to indicate that a parameter, piece of information, or attribute is defined within a scope such as a specification, contract, or dataset. The word typically appears with mass or uncoupled nouns in partitive: e.g., määriteltyä tietoa (defined information), määriteltyä protokollaa (defined protocol), määriteltyjä arvoja (defined values).

Usage notes: määriteltyä is most frequently encountered in formal, technical, or legal language. It is distinct from the attributive adjective form määritelty, which would modify the noun in the nominative without taking the partitive. In plural contexts, the form becomes määriteltyjä arvoja or similar, depending on the noun’s case.

See also: määritelty, määrittely, määritellä, Finnish participles.