valtuutetuista

Valtuutetetuista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun valtuutettu, meaning an authorized representative or delegate. The form is used when speaking about “from among the authorized representatives” or “of the authorized representatives,” and it appears in sentences that refer to a subset or group originating from that body.

Valtuutetettu has two main senses in Finnish. In public administration and politics, valtuutetut are elected or appointed representatives in bodies such as municipal councils (kunnanvaltuutetut) or city councils. In a legal or organizational context, valtuutettu can also denote a person who has been granted authority to act on behalf of another person or organization, for example through a power of attorney or similar authorization.

As a grammatically inflected form, valtuutetetuista appears in contexts where the sentence requires the elative plural. Examples include phrases like “valtuutetetuista koostuva valiokunta” (a committee composed of the authorized representatives) or “valtuutetetuista on muodostettu työryhmä” (a working group has been formed from the authorized representatives). The form helps specify relationships such as origin, subset, or participation within a larger group.

Etymology: the word derives from valtuuttaa “to authorize,” with the agent noun or participial suffix -ttu-, yielding valtuutettu, and its inflected forms such as valtuutetut, valtuutetut- en (genitive), and valtuutetetuista (elative plural).

See also: valtuutettu, kunnanvaltuutetut, kaupunginvaltuutetut, valtuutus.