Epätäydellisistä

Epätäydellisistä is a Finnish adjective form meaning "from the incomplete ones" or "of the incomplete ones." It is the elative plural form of the adjective epätäydellinen, which itself means incomplete or imperfect.

Linguistic context and grammar: In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they describe in number and case. Epätäydellinen serves as the base adjective, and its endings shift accordingly. For example, epätäydelliset is the nominative plural, epätäydellisten is the genitive plural, and epätäydellisistä is the elative plural, among other forms such as epätäydellisissä (inessive plural). The elative plural, epätäydellisistä, roughly translates to "from the incomplete ones" and is used to indicate movement or source from that plural group.

Usage: The form epätäydellisistä is most often found in written Finnish, particularly in linguistic, analytical, or critical contexts where a reference is made to a group characterized by incompleteness. It can modify plural nouns such as lähteistä (sources) or tiedoista (pieces of information) in phrases like epätäydellisistä lähteistä peräisin olevat tiedot, meaning "information derived from incomplete sources."

Etymology: The word derives from epätäydellinen, with the negative prefix epä- attached to täydeellinen (complete). The suffixes attach to create different grammatical forms, including epätäydellisistä for the elative plural.

See also: epätäydellinen, epätäydellisyys, Finnish grammar, adjective declension.