oikeuta

Oikeuta is a Finnish verb form, most commonly encountered as the imperative singular of the verb oikeuttaa, meaning roughly "justify", "legitimize", "entitle" or "authorize". As an imperative, oikeuta functions as a command or request directed at a single person (for example, asking someone to justify or legitimize an action). The root verb oikeuttaa is derived from the adjective oikea ("right" or "correct") and is related to the noun oikeus ("right", "law" or "justice"), with the causative/derivative suffix -uttaa.

In everyday and formal usage oikeuttaa spans several related senses: to provide justification or grounds for something; to make something lawful or legitimate; and in administrative or technical contexts, to grant rights or authorize access. It is therefore found in legal, bureaucratic and digital contexts as well as in ordinary speech. Compared with perustella ("to explain" or "to give reasons"), oikeuttaa often carries a stronger connotation of establishing legitimacy or legal/moral right.

Grammatically, oikeuta appears as a finite imperative form but is also part of various conjugated forms of oikeuttaa. Example usage: "Oikeuta päätöksesi" ("Justify your decision") or "Hän oikeuttaa teon vedoten hätätilaan" ("He justifies the act by citing an emergency").