Breakdown of Myrskyn loputtua retkikunta lähti hyytävässä tuulessa.
lähteä
to leave
loppua
to end
tuuli
the wind
myrsky
storm
Questions & Answers about Myrskyn loputtua retkikunta lähti hyytävässä tuulessa.
Why do we use loputtua here instead of a form with a possessive suffix like loputtuaan?
Because the two parts of the sentence have different subjects. The "after" action was done by the storm (myrskyn), while the main action was done by the expedition (retkikunta). When the subjects are different, we use the genitive for the first subject (myrskyn) and leave the participle (loputtua) without a possessive suffix.
How exactly is the word loputtua built from the basic verb?
You start with the verb loppua (to end) and find its passive past participle, which is loputtu. Then, you simply add the partitive ending -a to get loputtua. This specific combination always creates the meaning "after having done [verb]".
The word hyytävässä means "freezing", but is it actually a verb form?
Yes, it is the active present participle (the -va / -vä form) of the verb hyytää (to freeze or to chill). It acts exactly like an adjective here, which is why it matches the inessive "in" case of the noun it modifies, tuulessa.
Is Myrskyn loputtua commonly used in everyday spoken Finnish?