Jäsistä

Jäsistä is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun jäsen, meaning member. It literally translates to from the members or of the members and is used to indicate origin, source, or composition that involves multiple individuals. In Finnish grammar, the elative case marks movement from or source, and the plural form -stä/-stä appears with nouns referring to groups or collections. The form jäsistä is typically found in formal or organizational language when something is derived from, produced by, or composed of members.

Usage and constructions

Jäsistä is commonly encountered in noun phrases describing groups, bodies, or inputs that come from members. Examples include jäsistä koostuva hallitus (a board composed of members) and jäsistä saatu palaute (feedback received from the members). The elative plural often appears alongside descriptors of composition or origin.

Notes

Jäsistä refers to more than one member; for a single member, the singular elative form is jäsenestä. The singular elative is used as jäsenestä, while jäsistä is used for references to multiple members. This form is frequent in formal writing about organizations, committees, councils, and other contexts where input, decisions, or structures are described as arising from the members of a group.