poistettuna

Poistettuna is a Finnish participial form of the verb poistaa, meaning to remove. It is commonly used to express that something has been removed or deleted, indicating a state resulting from the action rather than the moment of action.

Linguistic details: it is the essive form (-na/-nä) of the past passive participle poistettu; used predicatively or attributively to describe the state of an object. In everyday Finnish, the simple past passive poistettu is more common for stating that something has been deleted; poistettuna is more common in formal language, user interfaces, or descriptive phrases.

Usage examples: The file has been removed: Tiedosto on poistettuna. In software interfaces, "Poistettuna" serves as a status label indicating that an item is no longer available. In archiving and administration, items may be listed as poistettuna to show they have been taken out of service.

Notes on nuance: poistetuksi and poistettuna express different aspects of removal. Poistettu marks the completed action of removing, while poistettuna conveys that the object is currently in the removed state, often used in descriptive phrases or user interface text.

See also: poistaa, poistettu, essive.