vaikuttamana

Vaikuttamana is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb vaikuttaa, meaning to influence or to seem. The form expresses a state of being influenced by someone or something. It is the past passive participle with the suffix -na/-nä and functions as an adjectival participle; it can modify a noun or occur predicatively with the subject.

In usage, vaikuttamana typically conveys that an action, opinion, or result has been shaped by external influence. It is common in written Finnish, especially in descriptive prose, politics, media analysis, and academic writing when the writer wants to highlight sources of influence. The phrase often accompanies a source in genitive or appears within broader contexts such as “vaikuttamana muun muassa” to indicate influence from sources like reports, authorities, or cultural conditions.

The word is related to vaikuttaa (to influence, to seem) and to other participial forms such as vaikuttava (influential) and vaikuttanut (influenced, perfect passive). Differences in nuance: vaikuttava denotes something that exerts influence; vaikuttamana describes the state of having been influenced.

Notes: Finnish participles are highly inflected, so vaikuttamana appears in various cases to agree with its governing noun or clause. Because it is a specialized form, it is more common in formal writing than in casual speech.