Pehmustettu

Pehmustettu is a Finnish adjective and past participle meaning padded or cushioned. It describes objects into which padding has been added to increase comfort, provide protection, or reduce impact. The term is commonly used in everyday language and product descriptions to indicate that padding is present.

The word is formed from the verb pehmustaa (to pad or cushion) or from the related noun pehmuste (padding, cushion) with the standard past participle suffix -ettu/-ttu, yielding pehmustettu. As an adjective, pehmustettu can modify nouns in various cases and numbers, for example pehmustettu tuoli (padded chair) or pehmustetun takin (of the padded coat).

Usage and context-range include furniture, sports and protective equipment, clothing, and packaging. It is often contrasted with unpadded terms such as pehmustamaton (unpadded) or with related concepts like pehmuste (a cushion or pad) and pehmustus (padding as a concept). In product labeling, pehmustettu signals added comfort or safety through cushioning, such as pehmustettu selkänoja in a chair or pehmustettu kotelo in an electronics case.

Grammatical notes: pehmustettu behaves as an attributive or predicate adjective and agrees with the noun it describes. Related forms include the noun pehmustus (padding) and the verb pehmustaa (to pad). The term is widely understood in Finnish-speaking contexts and translates roughly to "padded" or "cushioned" in English.