tarjottua

Tarjottua is the partitive singular form of the Finnish past passive participle tarjottu, derived from the verb tarjota, meaning to offer. In Finnish, past participles used as adjectives describe something that has been completed or provided, and tarjottua specifically denotes that something has been offered. It is commonly seen in noun phrases describing meals, services, or items that were offered, such as tarjottua ruokaa, meaning food that has been offered.

As an adjective, tarjottua agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. It is not a standalone noun; its function is to qualify another word. Its typical contexts are descriptive or reportorial, including menus, event descriptions, or linguistic explanations about offerings.

Etymology traces tarjottu to the Finnish verb tarjota, a native word with roots in the Finnic language family. The form tarjottua is one of several inflected variants that allow speakers to express tense, aspect, and quantity in relation to the noun it describes. Related forms include tarjottu (the base past participle used in predicative positions), tarjotun (genitive form), and tarjottuja (plural forms).

Examples:

- Tarjottua ruokaa oli pöydässä. (There was food that had been offered on the table.)

- Tilaisuudessa tarjottuja kahveja ja teetä riitti. (There was enough of the offered coffees and teas.)

In sum, tarjottua is a grammatical form used to indicate that something has been offered, and it appears primarily in descriptive, formal, or written Finnish to modify a corresponding noun.