palautettavan

Palautettavan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the participial adjective palautettava, meaning "returnable" or "to be returned." The word itself is the genitive singular form of that adjective and is used to modify a noun in contexts where the noun is in a case such as genitive or when the phrase is part of a larger noun compound.

In practical use, palautettavan describes items, documents, or claims that must be returned or are designated for return. It occurs frequently in administrative, legal, and logistics language, where precise designation of return requirements is important. For example, phrases like palautettavan tavaran määrä (the amount of returnable goods) and palautettavan esineen kunto (the condition of the returnable item) show how the form functions within a noun phrase.

Morphologically, palautettavan follows the pattern of Finnish adjectives, declining to agree with the noun it modifies. Nominative singular would be palautettava, genitive singular is palautettavan, and partitive singular is palautettavaa. In plural forms, forms such as palautettavien tavaroiden määrä (the amount of returnable goods) illustrate agreement with plural nouns.

Etymology: the word combines the verb palauttaa (to return) with the participial suffix -ttava, yielding an adjective meaning "returnable." The genitive form palautettavan arises from the same root when the phrase requires a possessive or relational sense within a sentence.

Palautettavan is thus a specialized adjective form used to specify items or documents associated with return obligations, rather than a standalone lexical entry. See also Finnish grammar, participles, and attributive adjectives.