suostunut

Suostunut is a Finnish adjective and participle meaning “having consented” or “having agreed.” It is the past participle form of the verb suostua, which means to consent, agree to, or yield to a request or proposal. The word is used both as part of the verb phrase in perfect tenses (for example, Hän on suostunut, He has consented) and as an attributive or predicative adjective describing someone or something that has given consent.

Usage and examples:

- Predicate use: Hän on suostunut osallistumaan. (He has agreed to participate.)

- Attributive use: suostunut työntekijä, suostunut vanhempien pyyntöön (a worker who has consented; someone who yielded to the parents’ request).

- Common constructions express consent to actions or proposals, such as suostua tekemään jotakin (to agree to do something) or suostua ehdotukseen (to agree to a proposal).

Declension and grammar:

- As a past participle adjektivized form, suostunut agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, though Finnish participles are often used in a fixed form in everyday speech.

- In negative contexts, the opposition is expressed with ei: Hän ei suostunut. (He did not consent.)

Etymology:

- Suostunut is formed from the verb suostua, rooted in the Finnic verb stem suostu- with the participial ending -nut to signal a completed action.

See also:

- suostua (to consent, to agree)

- suostuminen (consent, agreement)

- consent in legal and formal contexts

In Finnish usage, suostunut and the related noun suostuminen appear in everyday language, administrative communications, negotiations, and legal texts where agreement or permission is being described.