saatis

Saatis is the past tense form of the Estonian verb saata, meaning to send. It marks a third-person singular subject and translates as “he sent” or “she sent.” Saata is a common transitive verb used across daily speech and writing, and saatis appears frequently in narratives, reports, and letters where someone performed the action of sending something.

In usage, saatis is typically followed by a direct object in Estonian, such as a letter, message, or package. For example: "Ta saatis kirja" means "He/She sent the letter." Estonian verb conjugation is relatively regular, so other past tense forms exist for different subjects, such as "ma saatsin" (I sent) and "me saatsime" (we sent). The past participle forms related to saata include "saatnud" (having sent) and "saadetud" (sent, in passive constructions).

Etymologically, saata belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, and saatis is formed by adding the standard past tense suffix to the stem "saat-." The word is widely understood within Estonian and appears in a broad range of registers, from everyday conversation to literature.

Outside of Estonian, saatis is not generally recognized as a standalone term and is most often encountered as a grammatical form rather than a separate word with a distinct meaning.