Objekteista

Objekteista is the Finnish elative plural form of objekti, the word for object. In Finnish, the elative case is used to express origin or source and, in certain constructions, to indicate the topic of discussion. The form objekteista is common when speaking about objects in a general sense or when stating that topics or discussions concern the objects.

In practice, objekteista is encountered in sentences such as: Objektien puhutaan tässä kappaleessa? (No) more natural: Objeke... Better examples: Objekteista puhutaan tässä luvussa, or Objekteista on kirjoitettu paljon. These illustrate how the elative plural is used to indicate that the objects are the subject of discussion or inquiry. The construction is typical in academic, philosophical, or descriptive contexts, and it can also appear in journalism or critique when referring to a body of objects, cases, or samples.

Etymology and related terms: Objekti is a loanword in Finnish, derived from Latin objectum and related to the English object. The plural nominative is objektit, and the elative plural is objekteista. The particle -sta/-stä is the standard elative suffix in Finnish, and adding it to the plural stem yields objekteista, signaling “from/about the objects” depending on the verb and construction used.

See also: objekti; elatiivi (elative case); subjekti.