Pienistä

Pienistä is the elative plural form of the Finnish adjective pieni, which means small or little. It functions as an agreeing modifier that describes a plural noun in the elative case, roughly translating to “from the small ones” or “of the small ones,” depending on context.

In everyday Finnish, pienestä forms appear with nouns to express origin, source, or topic when the noun is in the elative case. This makes pienistä a common choice when talking about a group characterized by small size or young age, or when indicating the subject of discussion in a phrase like “pienistä asioista” (about small things).

Examples of usage include phrases such as pienistä lapsista (from the little children) and pienistä asioista (about small things). The meaning shifts with the accompanying noun: literal reference to size or age, or figurative reference to small-scale matters in conversation or writing.

Pienistä is part of standard Finnish grammar and shows how adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Like other adjectives, it must align with the noun it describes in both number (plural) and grammatical case (elative). This form is most readily encountered in descriptive, narrative, or colloquial Finnish when discussing groups defined by small size or discussing topics framed as “small things.”

See also: pieni, pienet, pienten, Finnish adjectives, Finnish grammar.