yhdistettyiksi

Yhdistettyiksi is a Finnish morphological form derived from the past passive participle yhdistetty, which comes from the verb yhdistää meaning “to combine” or “to unite.” The form expresses becoming or being turned into a state described by the participle and is created by adding the translative suffix -iksi to the singular participle, yielding yhdistettyiksi in the plural. It is used mainly in formal or administrative language to describe changes that result from merging or uniting entities.

Morphology and usage notes

Yhdistettyiksi is the translative plural form. The corresponding singular translative form is yhdistettyksi. In Finnish, the translative case is used to denote becoming or resulting in a new state, often after verbs of becoming or in contexts describing a transformation. As a participial form, yhdistettyiksi functions predicatively or as a complement describing what something has become.

Typical contexts

The form commonly appears in official, legal, or organizational texts that discuss mergers, reorganizations, or consolidations, where multiple units are intended to be regarded as merged into a new or unified entity. It is not a standalone noun but a verbal adjective form that carries specific aspectual and state-change nuance.

Example

Kaksi osastoa yhdistettiin, ja uudet yksiköt määriteltiin yhdistetyiksi. (Two departments were merged, and the new units were defined as combined.)

Related forms

Other related forms include yhdistetty (the past passive participle, singular), yhdistetyt (nominative plural), and yhdistettyjen (genitive plural). The translative singular form yhdistettyksi is also common in different sentence structures.