taivuttamattomina

Taivuttamattomina is a Finnish grammatical form describing more than one item that is in an unflected or non-inflected state. Lexically it is the plural essive form of the adjective taivuttamaton, which means “not inflected.” The essive case in Finnish expresses “as …” or “in the role of …,” and its plural form with adjectives can yield taivuttamattomina, i.e., “as unflected ones.”

In usage, taivuttamattomina appears in linguistic descriptions, grammar explanations, or corpus labels where it is important to indicate that several items are presented without inflection. It is typically encountered in formal or descriptive contexts rather than everyday speech. For example, a text might state: “Nämä sanat esiintyivät taivuttamattomina teksteissä,” meaning that the words appeared in their unflected forms.

Etymology and morphology: taivuttamattomina is formed from taivuttamaton (not inflected) with the standard Finnish essive plural suffix -omina, yielding the meaning “as unflected ones.” The base form taivuttamaton itself is built from taivuttaa (to inflect) and the negative/privative morpheme that results in “not inflected.”

See also: taivuttamaton (not inflected), taivuttaminen (inflection), the essive case (the Finnish grammar category that gives the “as …” meaning).

Notes: The term is specialized to linguistic description and may not appear outside grammars, corpora annotations, or scholarly discussions of Finnish inflection patterns.