Isäntästä

Isäntästä is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun isäntä. Isäntä means host, master, or landlord—a person who hosts guests or who owns a dwelling or estate. The elative case, marked by the suffix -stä, indicates origin or source, and in some constructions can mark the topic of discussion. Therefore isäntästä can mean “from the host,” “of the host,” or, with verbs that take jostakin, “about the host.”

Usage examples illustrate the range of the form. Puhuin isännästä means “I spoke about the host.” Isännästä on puhuttu paljon translates roughly as “A lot has been said about the host.” The elative form often appears with verbs that govern jostakin, such as puhua isännästä or kertoa isännästä.

Grammatical notes: isäntä is a masculine noun with a standard Finnish inflection pattern. Singular elative is isäntästä. The plural elative is isännistä. Other common singular forms include nominative isäntä, genitive isännän, partitive isäntää, illative isäntään, inessive isännässä, adessive isännällä, and ablative isännältä.

In practice, isäntästä clarifies whether one refers to the host as a person (the host of a meal or event) or the owner/landlord of a property, with meaning adjusted by context. The word is most widely used in everyday Finnish to discuss hosting, ownership, or information tied to a host.