Henkisestä

Henkisestä is the elative form of the Finnish adjective henkinen, which describes things related to the mind, spirit, or non-physical aspects of a person or phenomenon. In everyday Finnish, henkinen is used to distinguish mental or spiritual qualities from physical or material ones.

The root meaning of henkinen is tied to henkien, henkinen as a concept refers to inner life, mentality, or moral and emotional dimensions. It is commonly used in discussions about well-being, values, and development that concern character or inner life rather than the body or tangible objects. Examples of common uses include henkinen hyvinvointi (mental well-being), henkiset arvot (spiritual or moral values), and henkinen kasvu (personal or psychological growth). The adjective often appears with nouns such as ilmapiiri (atmosphere), elämä (life), or oppiminen (learning) to describe non-physical aspects of those domains.

In Finnish grammar, henkinen declines like other adjectives, producing forms such as henkisen (genitive), henkistä (partitive), henkisestä (elative), and so on. The elative form is used to indicate a source or origin in phrases like “henkisestä ilmapiiristä” (from the mental atmosphere). It is important to distinguish henkinen from aineellinen, the latter referring to physical or material aspects.

Note: the form henkisestä is not standard in Finnish; the normative elative form is henkisestä. Some writers may encounter errors or dialectal variants, but henkisestä is the recommended form in formal Finnish. See also henkisyys for spirituality or mentality, and related phrases such as henkinen hyvinvointi.