oikeutetetuista

Oikeutetetuista is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective “oikeutettu,” meaning entitled or justified. In Finnish, adjectives and participles agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The string “oikeutetetuista” appears as the elative plural form of the adjective-noun phrase when the noun it describes is in the elative case and plural, for example in phrases such as “oikeutetetuista ihmisistä” meaning “from/about the entitled people.” The form itself is not a standalone concept; it is a grammatical inflection used to indicate source or topic of discussion within a larger noun phrase.

Usage and nuance. The term is most common in formal or legalistic Finnish, where discussions may focus on groups that possess certain rights, privileges, or entitlements. Because “oikeutetettu” can refer to a person who has a right or privilege, “oikeutetetuista” explicitly marks that group in a specific grammatical case, rather than conveying a unique social category by itself. In everyday language, the exact case form is less often needed, and speakers may simply say “oikeutetut ihmiset” (the entitled people) or use other constructions depending on the sentence.

Related forms. Other inflections of the same base include “oikeutetetut” (nominative plural), “oikeutetettujen” (genitive plural), and “oikeutetettuja” (partitive plural). The choice of form depends on the syntactic role of the noun phrase in the sentence.

See also: oikeutettu, oikeus, oikeutettu etuus.