Kirkollista

Kirkollista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective kirkollinen, meaning ecclesiastical or church-related. It is used to describe nouns in the partitive case, often when referring to an indefinite amount or aspect of something connected to the church.

In practice, kirkollista appears in expressions such as kirkollista musiikkia (ecclesiastical music), kirkollista elämää (church life), or kirkollista lainsäädäntöä (ecclesiastical legislation) where the object is not seen as a discrete whole. The form signals the same basic meaning as kirkollinen, but aligns with Finnish grammar rules for partitive constructions.

Morphologically, kirkollista is formed from kirkollinen by replacing the -inen ending with -ista to yield the partitive singular. This pattern is common for many adjectives ending in -inen in Finnish. Therefore, kirkollista is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical inflection of the adjective signaling an ecclesiastical context in the partitive case.

Usage of kirkollista spans religious, cultural, and administrative discourse where church-related matters are discussed in a non- definite or ongoing sense. It coexists with other inflected forms of kirkollinen to express different grammatical roles, such as kirkollisen (genitive) or kirkollista (partitive).