Leikkaantui

Leikkaantui is the past tense form of the Finnish verb leikkaantua, which means to be cut or to undergo cutting. The verb describes a situation where the subject experienced a cut, either through an injury, a surgical procedure, or another event that involved cutting. It is commonly used in medical, forensic, or factual narration to report that someone or something has been cut.

Grammatically, leikkaantua is an intransitive, middle-voice type verb. Its infinitive is leikkaantua, the present tense form is leikkaantuu, and the past tense third-person singular is leikkaantui. The construction centers on the experience of being cut rather than on performing the cutting action.

Etymology traces leikkaantua to the root leikka-, related to leikkaa (to cut), with suffixes that form a verb meaning “to become subject to cutting.” The form leikkaantui is used when describing a completed cutting event for a singular subject.

Usage notes: Leikkaantui tends to appear in neutral, factual contexts such as medical reports, news accounts, or storytelling that emphasizes outcomes of cutting events. It conveys that a cut occurred and the subject experienced its consequences, rather than specifying who performed the cut.

See also: leikkaus (the act or instance of cutting), leikkaantua (the verb itself), leikata (to cut).