Lamaannutti

Lamaannutti is a Finnish verb form that means to paralyze or to render immobile. It is the third-person singular past tense (imperfect) of the causative verb lamaannuttaa, which means to cause paralysis or immobilization.

The infinitive of the base verb is lamaannuttaa. The past tense form lamaannutti is used when describing that someone or something caused another person, body part, or system to become paralyzed, or when recounting a past event in which paralysis resulted. The construction is typically found in descriptive, medical, journalistic, or literary contexts.

In usage, lamaannutti can describe physical paralysis due to injury, illness, or neurological events. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate a state of immobility or incapacity brought on by fear, shock, overwhelm, or bureaucratic or logistical bottlenecks. The term carries a sense of decisive, often abrupt, loss of movement or agency.

Related Finnish forms include lamaantua (to become paralyzed) and the nominal or participial derivatives that express the state or the act of paralysis. As a verb form, lamaannutti appears in past-tense narration and reporting, helping to convey concrete outcomes or effects of a preceding action.