sammutettu

Sammutettu is the past passive participle of the Finnish verb sammuttaa, meaning to extinguish or to put out. It describes something that has undergone the action of extinguishing and is in a state resulting from that action. As a participle, sammutettu can function as an adjective and appear in passive verb constructions, for example in sentences like "Tuli on sammutettu" (The fire has been extinguished) or "Tulipalo sammutettiin" (The fire was extinguished). The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and there are plural and inflected forms such as "sammutetut autot" (extinguished cars) and "sammutetun palon" (of the extinguished fire).

In usage, sammutettu often appears in firefighting, safety, and maintenance contexts to indicate that an extinguishing action has taken place or that devices or systems have been turned off. It is commonly contrasted with the active participle sammunnut or sammutettu with the active sense expressed by the verb forms like "sammuttanut" (having extinguished), which describes the agent performing the action. The word is also used in safety notices and reports to denote the completion of an extinguishment.

Related terms include sammutus (extinguishment, fire suppression), samuttaminen (the act of extinguishing), and sammutuslaitteet (extinguishing equipment). The concept centers on making a fire, life hazard, or power source cease to be active, resulting in a state described by sammutettu. The term is standard in Finnish linguistic and technical usage and does not carry specialized meanings beyond extinguishing contexts.