poistettavissa

Poistettavissa is a Finnish adjective meaning removable or deletable, describing something that can be removed or deleted. It is commonly used in technical and everyday language to indicate that an object, item, or element is capable of being removed.

Morphology and meaning: the word is formed from the verb poistaa (to remove) with the participial suffix -ttava, yielding poistettava (to be removed). The suffix -ssa is added to form the -ttavissa construction, which describes a state or property: something is in a state that can be removed. In practice poistettavissa is used both predicatively, as in a sentence like tiedosto on poistettavissa (the file is deletable), and attributively, as in poistettavissa oleva tiedosto (a file that can be deleted).

Usage: poistettavissa is common in software, data management, documentation, and user interfaces to label or describe capabilities. It emphasizes possibility rather than obligation or necessity. The opposite concept is conveyed with forms such as poistettava (to be removed) or poistettu (removed), depending on the context.

Examples:

- Tämä tiedosto on poistettavissa. (This file is deletable.)

- Poistettavissa oleva kenttä estää ohjelman toiminnan, jos sitä ei poista. (A removable field prevents the program from functioning if it is not deleted.)

- Käyttöliittymässä kappale voi olla poistettavissa, kun käyttäjä valitsee sen. (In the UI, an item may be deletable when the user selects it.)

See also: poistaa, poistaminen, poistettava, poistaminen.