päästettyjä

Päästettyjä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish past passive participle of the verb päästää, meaning that something has been released, let out, or permitted. The form describes objects or entities that have undergone release or permission and functions as an adjective. It is used when the object of the sentence is in the partitive case or when the quantity is indefinite.

Grammatically, päästettyjä is the partitive plural of the past passive participle. The corresponding forms are päästetyt for nominative plural, and päästettyjen for genitive plural. Thus päästettyjä agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and it signals that the referenced items are those that have already been released or allowed.

Usage examples illustrate its typical contexts. For instance: "Päästettyjä eläimiä löytyi tarhasta," referring to animals that have been released. Another example: "Päästettyjä vankeja odotettiin kotiin," describing released prisoners who were awaited to return home. In practice, the form tends to appear in written or formal language, especially when the object is indefinite or partitive in nature.

Etymology and notes: The word derives from the verb päästää, which covers senses such as to release, to let go, to emit, and to permit. In everyday Finnish, related noun forms include päästöt (emissions) and päästöihin liittyvät termit, but päästettyjä specifically functions as a grammatical form (partitive plural) describing released items, rather than as an independent lexical item.