Kuumeisista

Kuumeisista is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective kuumeinen, meaning feverish. It is the elative plural form used when referring to a group described as feverish, and it translates roughly as “from the feverish ones” or “of the feverish ones” depending on the sentence. It almost always appears with a noun in the elative plural, such as potilaista or ihmisistä, to indicate the source, condition, or subject of discussion.

Etymology and grammar: kuumeinen is formed from kuume, “fever,” with the suffix -inen to create the adjective. The elative plural suffix is -ista/-istä; together with a following noun, kuumeisista potilaista means “from the feverish patients.” The form agrees in number and case with the noun it modifies and is not typically used alone.

Usage: The expression is common in medical writing, epidemiological reports, and descriptive prose that concerns groups characterized by fever. It may appear in sentences like “Kuumeisista potilaista suurin osa on toipunut,” meaning “Most of the feverish patients have recovered.” The form can also appear in broader figurative contexts to indicate a feverish atmosphere when paired with an appropriate noun.

See also: kuumeinen, kuume.