Kommenteerattu

Kommenteerattu is an Estonian form derived from the verb kommenteerima, meaning to comment. In standard Estonian, the common past passive participle meaning “having been commented on” is kommenteeritud. Kommenteerattu is not widely used in formal writing and is often regarded as nonstandard, dialectal, or found mainly in older texts, translations, or stylistic variants. It may occur in contexts where authors aim for a specific tone or register, or where orthographic conventions differ between sources.

Usage of kommenteerattu generally describes content that has received comments, remarks, or annotations. In practice, if a writer wishes to indicate that something has been commented on, the preferred form in contemporary Estonian is kommenteeritud, as in kommenteeritud teksti or kommenteeritud arutelu. The form kommenteerattu can appear as an attributive adjective in some texts, but readers may encounter it as a nonstandard variant and should adjust to the publication’s norms.

Etymologically, the word combines the verb kommenteerima with a participial suffix, creating an adjective-like form. Its presence highlights how Estonian uses participial derivations to express completed actions, though not all such forms remain standard across all registers or dialects.

See also: kommenteerima, kommenteeritud, Estonian participles, Estonian orthography.