süüdlast
Süüdlast is a historical or dialectal Estonian noun that is used to denote a person who bears guilt or is described as the culprit in a narrative. The word is believed to be formed from the root meaning guilt or fault, together with a suffix that yields an agent noun referring to a person associated with that concept. In this respect, süüdlast is related to other Estonian terms for a wrongdoer, though it is far less common in modern standard usage.
Etymology and form are not consistently attested in contemporary dictionaries, and the exact morphological history can
Usage and status: In current standard Estonian, süüdlane is the ordinary word for a culprit or guilty
See also: süüd (guilt), süüdlane (culprit), süüdistus (accusation).