määrittelemänsä

Määrittelemänsä is a Finnish word that functions as a possessive participle. It is the third-person singular possessive form of the past passive participle of the verb "määritellä," which means "to define" or "to determine." Therefore, "määrittelemänsä" translates to "itself defined" or "that which it has defined" when referring to a singular, non-human entity.

The word is commonly used in sentences where something possesses or is characterized by a definition or determination that it has established or created. For example, in a sentence like "Rakennus oli sen määrittelemänsä tyylin mukainen," it would translate to "The building was in accordance with the style that it (the building) had defined." This implies the building itself set the standard for its own architectural style.

Grammatically, "määrittelemänsä" indicates that the subject of the clause has defined something, and that defined thing is now being possessed or referred to by the subject. It is a concise way to express a reflexive or internally generated characteristic or state. The "-nsä" ending is the possessive suffix for the third person singular, indicating ownership or association by "it." It is a nuanced grammatical construction found in Finnish, highlighting the relationship between an entity and its own self-generated attributes.