Määritelmästä

Määritelmästä is a Finnish linguistic form that functions as the elative case of the noun määritelmä, meaning definition. The elative suffix -stä/-stä expresses origin, source, or basis, so määritelmästä translates roughly as "from the definition" or "on the basis of the definition." The word is commonly used in academic, legal, and educational writing to indicate that a statement, inference, or interpretation relies on a particular definition.

Morphology and formation: The base noun määritelmä is formed from the verb määritellä (to define) with the noun-forming suffix -mä. Adding the elative suffix yields määritelmästä. Finnish noun cases often reflect source or basis, and elatiivi is one of several cases used to connect a claim to its source. Examples include verbs and constructions that signal deduction or clarification from a cited definition.

Usage: In practice, määritelmästä introduces information derived from a definition. Common constructions include phrases like "Määritelmästä voidaan päätellä..." (From the definition one can conclude...) and "Määritelmästä käy ilmi..." (The definition shows...). It is appropriate in scholarly writing, textbooks, and precise explanations where the author wants to ground statements in a specific definition.

See also: Määritelmä, the general term for definition in Finnish; definiointi and määrittely, related concepts concerning defining and describing terms. External language resources can provide further examples of elative usage in Finnish.