Tähdellisiä

Tähdellisiä is a Finnish adjective form meaning starry or star-related. It is built from tähti, the word for star, together with the suffix -ellinen, a common way to form adjectives describing a characteristic. The form tähdellisiä is the plural, used when describing several objects or aspects with star-like qualities. In contemporary Finnish, tähdellisiä can describe visual appearances, motifs, or ideas that evoke stars or celestial imagery.

Usage and nuance: In visual arts, design, or poetry, tähdellisiä describes patterns, textures, or references that resemble stars or celestial phenomena. Examples include tähdellisiä kuvioita (starry patterns) or tähdellisiä viittauksia (celestial allusions). In scientific writing, more precise terms such as tähtinen or tähti- compounds are typically preferred, while tähdellisiä remains common in figurative language and cultural criticism.

Origin and inflection: The word derives from tähti and the suffix -ellinen, forming adjectives that denote possessing the specified quality. The plural -isiä marks the object as plural, and the context often shows the phrase with nouns in the partitive or nominative plural, depending on the syntactic structure.

See also: tähti; tähtitaivas; tähtikuvio; tähdistö.