avusti

Avusti is a Finnish verb form meaning "helped" or "assisted." It is the third-person singular past tense of the verb avustaa, which means to assist or aid. The infinitive avustaa is common in both written and spoken Finnish, and its present-tense forms include avustan (I assist), avustat (you assist), and hän avustaa (he/she/it assists). The past tense is used to describe a completed act of providing help.

Origin and related terms: The word comes from avustaa, which shares a root with avustus (assistance) and avustaja (assistant). The root is ultimately linked to apu, meaning help. The semantic field covers acts of helping, aiding, and supporting, particularly in professional, administrative, or care contexts.

Usage notes: Avusti is characteristically formal or narrative. In everyday speech, Finnish speakers often prefer auttoi for "helped" or use avustaa in more specific professional contexts, such as medical or legal settings. Finnish also uses the noun avustus for assistance and avustaja for assistant. Grammatical pattern: avustaa is a verb of a common Finnish conjugation type; past tense forms end with -i: avustin, avustit, avusti, avustimme, avustitte, avustivat.

Examples: "Hän avusti potilasta leikkaussalissa." "Hän avusti tutkimusryhmää keräämään aineistoa." See also: avustus, avustaja, avustaminen, avustaa.