tunnistettavia

Tunnistettavia is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective or present active participle tunnistettava, derived from the verb tunnistaa (to identify, recognize). It means identifiable or able to be identified. In Finnish it is the partitive plural form used to modify plural nouns in the partitive case, for example tunnistettavia kohteita or tunnistettavia piirteitä, meaning “identifiable targets” or “identifiable features.”

Grammar and usage

Tunnistettavia describes objects, features, or items that possess the property of being identifiable. The form is commonly used in scientific, technical, or descriptive prose where the author notes which elements can be identified or distinguished. It signals potential rather than a currently completed identification, focusing on the possibility or criteria of recognition.

Examples

- Tutkimuksessa havaittiin useita tunnistettavia piirteitä. (The study identified several identifiable features.)

- Tutkijat kartoittivat tunnistettavia kohteita ympäristöstään. (Researchers cataloged identifiable targets in their environment.)

Relation to other forms

The corresponding nominative plural is tunnistettavat, used when the subjects themselves are identifiable or when the noun is in the subject position. The singular forms include tunnistettavaa (partitive singular) and tunnistettava (nominative/imperative-like usage as a descriptor). The term is primarily grammatical; its meaning in context is simply “that can be identified.”

In summary, tunnistettavia is a common Finnish form signaling identifiability of multiple items, widely applicable across fields that discuss recognition, categorization, or identification criteria.