Lõppusid

Lõppusid is an Estonian verb form. It is the past tense, third-person plural form of the verb lõppuma (to end or to finish). This form is used to indicate that a group of subjects completed the action of ending or concluding something in the past.

Morphology and construction: Lõppusid is constructed from the verb stem lõpp- plus the past tense marker associated with third-person plural subjects. In Estonian, finite verb forms reflect person and number, and lõppusid signals that the action occurred in the past with multiple agents.

Usage: The form typically appears in narrative or descriptive sentences where the subjects are plural and the action is finished in the past. It can be used in reports, summaries, or any context describing a completed ending or conclusion by several actors. Lõppusid should not be confused with noun forms related to endings; it is a verb form, not a noun.

Example: Nad lõppusid varsti. Translation: They ended soon (i.e., they finished shortly thereafter).

Related forms: The verb lõppuma also has other tense and mood forms for different persons and numbers, including singular past forms and present forms such as lõppub (present singular) and lõppuvad (present plural). The noun lõppus or lõpp might appear in related but separate grammatical contexts, but lõppusid itself remains a past-tense verb form.

See also: Estonian verbs of the -uma class, Estonian past tense conjugation, Estonian verb morphology.