selvitettävälle

Selvitettävälle is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb selvittää, meaning to clarify or investigate. It is the allative form of the participle selvitettävä, used to refer to a person or matter that must be clarified or subjected to further examination. In practice it appears in formal or bureaucratic language where the action of clarifying is directed at a recipient or target in the allative case. The construction typically combines the participle with a noun in the allative, for example selvitettävälle osapuolelle (to the party to be clarified) or lisäselvityksiä pyydetään selvitettävälle kohteelle. The phrase signals that the item or person is the object of further inquiry or clarification rather than the subject performing the action.

In grammar, selvitettävä is a future passive participle meaning “to be clarified” or “to be investigated”; adding -lle yields the allative form selvitettävälle and is used to indicate the indirect object or destination of the action. The form is most common in administrative instructions, legal documents, and procedural guidelines, and is less frequent in everyday speech.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, case system, allative case, official language.

Examples:

- Lisäselvityksiä pyydetään selvitettävälle osapuolelle.

- Asiakirjat toimitetaan selvitettävälle viranomaiselle.