odotetun

Odotetun is a Finnish word form that functions as the genitive singular of the adjective or past participle odotettu, meaning “the expected” or “anticipated.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in case, number, and, to some extent, definiteness. Odotetun appears when the noun it modifies is in the genitive case, forming a possessive-like relationship within a noun phrase.

Morphology and usage

The base form is odotettu. Its genitive singular ending is -n, yielding odotetun. This form is used to attribute qualities to a noun that is itself in the genitive, for example in phrases like odotetun lapsen syntymä (“the birth of the expected child”) or odotetun ajan loppu (“the end of the anticipated time”). The phrase conveys that the referenced noun has been anticipated or awaited.

Etymology

Odotetun derives from odottaa, meaning “to expect,” with the past participle suffix -ttu to form odotettu (“expected”). The genitive singular ending -n then marks the relationship to another noun in the genitive.

See also

Finnish grammar, participles, adjectives in Finnish, genitive case. Note that odotetun is not a standalone lexical item but a declined form used within larger noun phrases.

In summary, odotetun is a common Finnish inflected form used to describe something that has been anticipated, functioning within genitive noun phrases to express relation or possession.