varustetussa

Varustetussa is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as a participial adjective. It derives from the verb varustaa, meaning to equip or furnish, and from the past passive participle varustettu, meaning equipped. When the participle is used with a noun in the inessive case, the form takes the ending -ssa, yielding varustetussa. The meaning is roughly “in the equipped state” or, in practical use, “equipped.” The form agrees with its noun in number and case, for example varustetussa autossa (in the equipped car, singular) and varustetuissa autoissa (in the equipped cars, plural).

Usage and function: Varustetussa is primarily a descriptive or technical construction. It appears in contexts that describe the state or condition of objects after they have been equipped or furnished. It is most often an attributive adjective preceding a noun in the same inessive context, but can also occur in peripatetic or locational expressions to emphasize the presence of equipment. It should be distinguished from the base adjective varustettu, which can be used without the case-specific endings.

Examples:

- Varustetussa autossa on navigointijärjestelmä. (In the equipped car there is a navigation system.)

- Hän inspected varustetuissa tiloissa before proceeding. (He inspected the equipped spaces before proceeding.)

Etymology and related forms: The form is built from varustaa and varustettu, with the inessive suffix -ssa. Related forms include varustettu (equipped) and other participial adjectives that inflect for case and number to modify nouns accordingly.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, inessive case, adjectives.