palautettuun

Palautettuun is a grammatical form in the Finnish language. It is the illative singular form of the past participle palautettu, which translates as “returned.” In Finnish, participles can function as adjectives, and when such an adjective modifies a noun that is in the illative case, the participle itself takes the illative ending. Therefore, palautettuun appears before a noun in illative, conveying direction toward the thing that has been returned or toward the destination associated with a return.

Etymology and morphology: The base verb palauttaa means “to return.” The past participle formed from this verb is palautettu (“returned”). To align with the illative case, the participle receives the illative suffix, yielding palautettuun. This reflects Finnish’s system of concord and case agreement, where adjectives and participles agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and definiteness.

Usage: Palautettuun is used primarily in phrases describing direction toward a noun that is marked in illative. It commonly appears in written or formal Finnish. Example: Lähetä paketti palautettuun osoitteeseen, meaning “Send the package to the returned address.” More generally, the form can modify nouns such as osoite, toimitus, or paikka when they appear in illative, signaling the destination related to the return.

Related forms: The base participle palautettu functions as a non-inflected adjective meaning “returned.” Other cases and numbers of the same adjective appear as palautetun (genitive), palautettuun (illative), palautettua (partitive), and so on, following standard Finnish adjective agreement patterns.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, participles, palauttaa (to return).