nimitä

Nimitä is the imperative singular form of the Finnish verb nimittää, meaning to name, designate, or appoint someone to a position, or to assign a name or title to someone or something. The form is used to give a direct instruction or command in contexts ranging from formal procedures to everyday instructions.

In official or formal language, nimittää refers to appointing someone to a post or role. For example, a president or government body may nimittää a new minister. The passive or past forms also exist, such as nimetään (is appointed) or nimitettiin (was appointed), which are common in news reporting and bureaucratic texts.

In addition to formal appointment, nimittää can be used in a broader sense of designating or labeling someone with a particular role or title. For instance, a committee might nimittää a chairperson, or a document might nimittää a project with a specific name. The related noun forms are nimitetty (appointed person) and nimitäminen or nimittäminen, referring to the act or process of naming/appointing.

Etymologically, nimittää is built from the noun nimi (name) with the Finnish verb-forming suffix -ttää, yielding the sense of assigning a name or title or, more broadly, designating a location, role, or function.

See also: nimittäminen, nimitetty, nimetä (to name, to designate). The term is primarily used in Finnish language contexts related to official designation, appointment, and labeling.