otettavan

Otettavan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish present passive participle otettava, which is derived from the verb ottaa (to take). Otettava functions as an adjective meaning “to be taken” or “to be taken care of,” and otettavan is used when this participial adjective accompanies a noun in the genitive construction.

In practice, otettavan marks that the noun it modifies refers to something designated to be taken. It appears in noun phrases such as otettavan materiaalin määrä (the amount of material to be taken) or otettavan kohteen kuvaus (the description of the target to be taken). The form is most common in formal, technical, or procedural language, including logistics, procurement, security, or legal contexts. It is not typically used in everyday casual speech.

The base form otettava also functions as a descriptive adjective before a noun (for example, otettava kohde would translate roughly as “the object to be taken”). Other related forms include otettavaa, the partitive form used when the object is indefinite or partially referenced (otettavaa tavaraa – goods to be taken), and otettavat or otettavien in other case-number combinations, depending on the noun they describe. The choice of form reflects standard Finnish agreement and case rules.

Overall, otettavan is a specific grammatical form used to indicate a forthcoming or required action on a noun, signaling that the referenced item is intended to be taken or removed under a given procedure or policy. It illustrates how Finnish employs participial adjectives to express modality and future action without explicit auxiliary verbs.