tehtud

Tehtud is the past passive participle of the Estonian verb teha, meaning to do or to make. It functions as an adjective or participle and expresses that something has been completed or produced. In usage, tehtud appears in two main roles: with the auxiliary olema (to be) to form a completed state, and attributively before a noun to describe a finished item. Examples include: Toit on tehtud (The food has been prepared), Kõik on tehtud (Everything is done), and Töö on tehtud (The work has been done). As a noun modifier, it yields phrases like tehtud töö or tehtud projekt, referring to completed work or a completed project.

Morphology and usage notes: tehtud is formed from the verb teha by adding the past passive participle suffix and behaves like an adjective that agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. It can indicate a resultative state with or without naming the agent responsible for the action; the agent is often unspecified in everyday use. The word is common in written and formal Estonian, as well as in instructions, project statuses, and product labeling, where it signals that a task or item has been completed.

Etymology and context: tehtud derives from teha (to do/make) with a standard Estonian participle formation. Its core meaning is close to the English "done" or "made." While it is the default term for a completed action, in some contexts “valmis” (ready) may be used to emphasize usability or readiness rather than completion of the action itself.