ratkaistavien

Ratkaistavien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish active participle ratkaistava, derived from the verb ratkaista meaning "to solve." The participle carries the sense of "to be solved" or "solvable" and is used attributively to describe nouns. In Finnish, active participles decline like adjectives, so ratkaistavien marks the genitive plural form of the participle when it modifies a plural noun in the genitive.

Usage and meaning

The form ratkaistavien is used when the head noun is in the genitive plural, for example in phrases such as ratkaistavien asioiden lista, meaning "a list of solvable matters" or "a list of matters to be solved." The corresponding nominative plural is ratkaistavat (solvable matters), and the partitive plural is ratkaistavia (solvable matters, in contexts requiring partitive). The singular genitive is ratkaistavan, and the singular nominative is ratkaistava. Thus, ratkaistavien functions as a grammatical marker rather than carrying a standalone semantic meaning beyond what ratkaistava provides.

Common usage

Ratkaistavien appears primarily in formal or written Finnish, frequently in administrative, academic, or project documentation. It is often found in noun phrases describing tasks, issues, or questions that remain to be addressed or resolved.

Examples

- Ratkaistavien asioiden lista valmistui ennen kokousta.

- Tiimi keskittyy ratkaistavien tehtävien priorisointiin.

Notes

Ratkaistavien is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning; it is a inflected form of ratkaistava. Understanding its use requires recognizing Finnish participle declension and the genitive plural context.

Etymology

From ratkaista "to solve" plus the participle suffix -va, forming ratkaistava, with the genitive plural ending -ien in ratkaistavien. See also Finnish grammar and participles.