pelasti

Pelasti is a Finnish verb form. It is the third-person singular past tense of pelastaa, meaning to save or rescue. The form is used to describe a completed action in which a subject saved or rescued another person, animal, or thing from danger or harm. As a transitive verb, pelasti typically takes a direct object representing the rescued party, with the subject performing the act of saving.

Usage examples include sentences such as “Hän pelasti lapsen tulipalosta” (He saved the child from the fire) or “Hän pelasti kissan puusta” (She saved the cat from the tree). The form is common in narrative and reporting to convey a past act of salvation or rescue.

Related grammatical forms include pelastin (I saved), pelastit (you saved), pelastasimme (we saved), and pelastivat (they saved), as well as the past passive pelastettiin (was/were saved). The noun pelastus refers to the act of saving or rescue itself, and pelastaja means rescuer. Other related forms include pelastaen (saving, while saving) and pelastanut (saved, having saved) as part of the broader pelasta- verb family.

The term is primarily a standard lexical item in Finnish and does not denote a fixed title or proper noun in ordinary usage. It is commonly found in everyday language, journalism, and literature whenever a rescue or saving action is described in the past tense. See also pelastus (rescue, lifesaving) and pelastaja (rescuer) for related concepts.