imetetty

Imetetty is a Finnish past passive participle and adjective formed from the verb imeä, meaning to suckle or to breastfeed. The primary meaning is “breastfed” or “nursed,” used to describe a person or animal that received milk from the mother during infancy. In everyday language the term appears mainly in discussions about infancy, health, or historical caregiving practices. For example, Lapsi on imetetty translates as “The child has been breastfed,” and imetetty lapsi can function both predicatively (Lapsi on imetetty) and attributively (imetetty lapsi).

Grammatically, imetetty behaves like other past passive participles in Finnish. It inflects for number and case, with forms such as imetetyn (genitive), imetettyä (partitive), and imetettyjä (plural). The related noun is imetys, which denotes the process or practice of breastfeeding.

Etymology and usage notes: imetetty derives from imeä and the standard participle suffix -tty, with standard phonetic changes typical of Finnish derivation. The word is most common in contexts that discuss infant care, pediatrics, or historical accounts of child-rearing. In modern, everyday Finnish, more neutral or clinical terms may be used in medical records, but imetetty remains widely understood and correct in routine prose.

See also: imeä, imetys, imettäminen.