pysäytettyinä

Pysäytettyinä is a Finnish word formed from the verb pysäyttää, meaning to stop. It is the plural translative form of the past passive participle pysäytetty, and it expresses the state of several items having been stopped, used in predicative or designated-identity constructions. In practice, pysäytettynä is the singular form meaning “as having been stopped,” while pysäytettyinä refers to multiple subjects, roughly translating to “as having been stopped” for them.

The form is typically found in formal or descriptive written Finnish, such as reports, news articles, or technical texts. It describes a static state resulting from a stopping action carried out by an external agent (for example, police, traffic control, or a system). The phrase can appear with a finite verb such as olla (to be) or in contexts that state a condition of objects after an intervention.

Examples:

- Useat ajoneuvot olivat pysäytettyinä ruuhkien vuoksi. (Several vehicles were stopped due to traffic jams.)

- Henkilöt pysäytettyinä tilapäisesti siirrettäviksi tarkastuksen ajaksi. (The individuals, as being stopped temporarily for inspection.)

Etymology and morphology:

- pysäyttää = to stop

- pysäytetty = past passive participle (stopped)

- pysäytettynä = singular translative (as stopped)

- pysäytettyinä = plural translative (as stopped, for multiple subjects)

Pysäytettyinä thus serves as a precise, formal way to describe multiple entities that have undergone a stopping action and are being referenced in the sense of their stopped state.