Epäilyttäviltä

Epäilyttäviltä is a Finnish elative plural form of the adjective epäilyttävä, meaning suspicious or questionable. In Finnish grammar, the elative case expresses source or origin, and the -ilta/-iltä ending marks the plural elative. Therefore, epäilyttäviltä translates roughly to “from suspicious ones” or “from suspicious sources,” and is used before nouns such as taho (party/agency), lähde (source), or vihje (tip).

Common usage involves indicating origin of information, evidence, or rumors. For example, epäilyttäviltä tahoilta tulleet vihjeet means “tips that came from suspicious parties,” and epäilyttäviltä tahoilta kerätty aineisto means “data collected from suspicious sources.” The form is typically used with plural nouns in the elative case; in other contexts it may appear in phrases where the elative modifies a noun phrase in front of a verb or predicate.

Usage notes and nuances:

- epäilyttäviltä is relatively formal and more likely to be found in written reporting, journalism, or official language than in casual speech.

- The base adjective epäilyttävä is often used attributively before a noun (epäilyttävät tulokset, epäilyttävä käytäntö). The elative form epäilyttäviltä serves to indicate origin rather than direct qualification.

- Although the word conveys suspicion, the tone can range from cautionary to critical, depending on context.

See also: epäilyttävä, epäily, elatiivi (elative case in Finnish grammar).