Maandatud

Maandatud is an Estonian term that functions as a past participle or adjective. It is formed from the verb maandama, meaning to settle or to pay off, and from maanduda, meaning to land, with the common Estonian past-participle suffix -atud. In practice, maandatud is most often encountered in contexts where something has been brought to a settled or resolved state.

Usage and meanings

- Financial and legal: the most common sense is that a debt, obligation, or transaction has been settled or paid off. Example: Laen on täielikult maandatud. The loan has been fully settled.

- Administrative and transactional contexts: can describe balances, claims, or other items that have been resolved or extinguished, depending on wording and field.

- Aviation and landing: standard Estonian uses maandunud to mean “landed” when referring to an aircraft. Maandatud is not the typical form for this sense and is generally reserved for the transitive sense connected to maandama.

Etymology and morphology

Maandatud is built from maandama (to settle/pay off) or maanduda (to land) with the -atud past-participle ending. The exact meaning depends on the root verb and the surrounding technical or legal terminology. In everyday Estonian, maandunud is usually preferred for the act of landing, while maandatud appears mainly in financial or formal prose to denote settlement.

Related forms

- maandama (to settle/pay off)

- maanduda (to land)

- maandumine (settlement or landing process)

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