elatud

Elatud is an Estonian word formed as the past participle of the verb elada, which means "to live." As a participle and adjective, elatud conveys the sense "lived" or "having been lived" and is used in both everyday speech and written Estonian to describe experiences, time periods or conditions that have been experienced (for example, elatud elu — "a life that has been lived" or elatud aastad — "the years lived").

Grammatically, elatud belongs to the class of participles ending in -tud/-dud that serve an adjectival function in Estonian. Like other adjectives and participles in the language, it inflects for case and number when used attributively or predicatively. Standard Estonian places primary stress on the first syllable of the word.

Etymologically, elatud derives from the verb root el- (elada), which traces back to Proto-Finnic roots and is cognate with related verbs in other Finnic languages (for example Finnish elää, "to live"). In addition to its grammatical role, the form elatud can appear in idiomatic or literary phrases conveying the texture of lived experience and may also be encountered as an element in compound expressions or names.