Runollisesta

Runollisesta is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item. It is the elative singular form of the adjective runollinen, which means poetic. As an inflected form, runollisesta is used to express origin or source from something that is poetic, or to describe something as related to poetry in a context that requires the elative case.

Etymology and meaning: runollinen derives from the noun runo (poem) with the adjectival suffix -llinen. The base meaning is “poetic,” and runollisesta inflects the adjective to match a noun in the elative case, roughly translating to “from (a) poetic …” or “of poetic …” in English. Because it is a case form, runollisesta does not function as a separate word with a fixed meaning outside its grammatical role.

Typical uses: In Finnish, runollisesta appears in phrases where the speaker wants to indicate that something comes from or relates to poetry. For example it can appear with a noun in the elative: runollisesta kielestä (from poetic language). In practice, writers often pair runollisesta with nouns to highlight a poetic origin or character, while conversational Finnish more frequently uses runollista in the partitive or runollinen in the nominative for descriptive purposes. For manner or style, speakers may prefer adverbs such as runollisesti or prepositional phrases like runollisella tavalla.

Relation to related terms: The base adjective runollinen contrasts with runollisesti (adverb) and with runous (poetry) and runollinen rakennetta (poetic structure). Understanding runollisesta requires recognizing its role as a case-inflected form rather than a standalone concept.