Identtisestä

Identtisestä is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective identtinen, meaning identical. It is created by attaching the suffix -stä, which marks the elative/ablative case in Finnish, to the stem of the adjective. In practice, identtisestä would appear in noun phrases where the noun is in a case that requires the -stä ending, and the adjective agrees with that noun.

Grammatical role and usage

In Finnish, adjectives decline to match the noun they describe in case, number, and definiteness. Identtisestä, as a form of identtinen, signals a source or origin in phrases such as “identtisestä [noun]” or “identtisestä ilmiöstä,” translating roughly to “from the identical [noun/phenomenon].” The form is more likely to be encountered in formal or specialized texts that employ extensive case usage; it is less common in everyday speech, where simpler constructions or synonyms may be preferred.

Etymology and relation to related terms

The form derives from the root identtinen (identical) with the standard Finnish case ending -stä. It follows the same pattern as other -nen adjectives in languages with Finnish-style inflection, adapting to the grammatical needs of the sentence through case endings.

Examples and alternatives

Possible phrases include identtisestä ilmiöstä (from the identical phenomenon) or identtisestä tapauksesta (from the identical case). In many contexts, speakers may opt for clearer equivalents such as samanlaisen tai samankaltaisen (the same/identical kind) or restructure the expression to avoid heavy inflection.

See also

identtinen; identiteetti; Finnish grammar; adjective declension.