Kuvitteellisista

Kuvitteellisista is the elative plural form of the Finnish adjective kuvitteellinen, meaning imaginary or fictional. It appears when the adjective modifies a plural noun in the elative case, and it can be translated as “from imaginary …” or “of imaginary …” depending on the context. The formation reflects Finnish grammar, where adjectives agree with the noun in number and case.

The base word kuvitteellinen comes from kuvitte- (“imagine”) plus the common adjective suffix -ellinen. In practice, kuvitteellista forms at various cases, with kuvitteelliset (nominative plural) and kuvitteellisten (genitive plural) being common alternatives, and kuvitteellisista (elative plural) used when the noun is in the elative plural and the phrase means “from the imaginary …” or “of the imaginary …”.

Kuvitteellisista often appears in academic, literary, and media contexts when discussing elements that do not exist in reality. Typical collocations include kuvitteelliset olennot (fictional beings), kuvitteelliset tilanteet (imaginary situations), and kuvitteellisista tarinoista (from the imaginary stories). The form is not a standalone lexical item but a declined form of kuvitteellinen used to describe plural nouns in the elative case.

Synonyms and related terms include fiktiivinen or kuvitteellinen, both conveying imaginary or non-real aspects, though käytännön nuance may differ. The word is routinely used to discuss fictional worlds, hypothetical scenarios, or theoretical constructs in Finnish discourse.