Kilvistä

Kilvistä is a Finnish grammatical form of the noun kilpi (shield). It is the elative plural form, meaning “from the shields” or “out of the shields.” In Finnish, the elative plural suffix -istä attaches to the plural nominative kilvet (the shields). The singular elative form is kilvestä, and the plural genitive would be kilpien. The base noun kilpi refers to a shield used in historical warfare, traditionally made of wood or metal and often decorated.

Kilvistä appears primarily in historical, archaeological, or descriptive contexts and is rarely encountered in everyday speech. It is used to indicate origin or source of material or data associated with shields. Example: Kilvistä löydetyt jäännökset viittaavat vanhaan metalliseokseen.

Etymology and related forms: Kilvistä is derived from kilvet, the plural nominative of kilpi. Related grammatical forms include kilvestä (elative singular) and kilvet (nominative plural). Understanding kilvistä thus involves recognizing Finnish case and number agreement within a noun group referring to shields.

See also: kilpi, kilvet, kilpien.