Käänteisistä

Käänteisistä is the elative plural form of the Finnish adjective käänteinen, meaning inverse, reversed, or opposite. In Finnish, adjectives inflect for case and number, so the elative plural form indicates “from the inverse ones” or “about the inverse things” when referring to multiple items. The form arises from the stem käänteis- plus the elative plural suffix -isistä.

In usage, käänteisistä typically appears in mathematical, logical, or linguistic contexts where the discussion concerns inverse concepts or relationships among several items. For example, käänteisistä funktioista means “from the inverse functions,” and käänteisistä ominaisuuksista means “about the inverse properties.” Other possible phrases include käänteisistä operaatioista (from the inverse operations) or käänteisistä suhteista (from the inverse relations). The elative plural can also be combined with nouns to specify location or origin within discussions of inverses.

Meaning and nuance: käänteisistä denotes plurality and a source or focus on inverse-related elements. It is not a standalone technical term but a grammatical form used to reference multiple inverse items within a sentence. The concept of “inverse” itself in Finnish translates to käänteinen in adjective form or käänteinen funktio for “inverse function,” with corresponding inflections for other cases and numbers.

Related terms include käänteinen (singular), käänteiset (nominative plural), and käänteisten (genitive plural). Understanding the elative plural form helps in constructing phrases that discuss inverse relationships across multiple objects.

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