sekoitettu

Sekoitettu is a Finnish adjective formed from the verb sekoittaa, meaning to mix or blend. It is the past passive participle used to describe something that has already been mixed. In everyday language it functions like other participles, agreeing with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, sekoitettu liemi means a mixed broth, while sekoitetun liemen koostumus refers to the composition of the mixed broth.

In predicative usage it can appear with the verb olla: Liemi on sekoitettu, meaning the broth is mixed. The form sekoitettu can also serve in compound phrases to indicate that a substance, sample, or dataset has been combined from several components. Because Finnish grammar uses participles as adjectives, sekoitettu participates in inflection similarly to other adjectives and can take cases such as sekoitetun, sekoitetusta, and sekoitetuista depending on number and case.

Common contexts for sekoitettu include cooking and food processing, where instructions may refer to sekoitetun seoksen valmistaminen (preparing the mixed mixture), as well as science and industry, where samples or formulations are described as sekoitettuja tai sekoitetun näytteen koostumus (mixed sample composition). The term is often accompanied by related concepts such as sekoitus (mixture), sekoittaa (to mix), and sekoittuminen (mixing or becoming mixed).

Etymology traces sekoitettu to sekoittaa and the noun sekoitus, with the typical Finnish pattern of forming past passive participles from transitive verbs. See also related terms: sekoitus, sekoittaa, sekoittua.