Peitsitud

Peitsitud is an Estonian adjective meaning "whipped" or "having been whipped." It is the past passive participle formed from the verb peitsima (to whip) with the suffix -itud, yielding a descriptor for something that has undergone whipping.

In contemporary Estonian, the more common term for the act of whipping is piitsutama, with the past participle piitsutatud. Peitsitud is relatively infrequent and tends to appear in historical, literary, or stylistic contexts. It can be used attributively, as in peitsitud loom, or predicatively, as in ta on peitsitud, to indicate that a person or object has been subjected to whipping. The word often evokes historical or punitive settings rather than everyday usage.

Usage notes: peitsitud is typically found in older texts or in descriptions aiming to evoke a period atmosphere. In modern formal language, writers may prefer piitsutatud or mention whipping in a more general way rather than employing peitsitud. Outside of historical or literary contexts, peitsitud may also appear in discussions about consensual or fictionalized whipping in contemporary genres, though it remains less common than piitsutatud.

See also: piitsutatud, piitsutamine, corporal punishment.