Taidokkaasta

Taidokkaasta is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective taidokas, meaning skillful or artful. It is used to express origin or source when describing something that comes from skilled workmanship. In practice, taidokkaasta appears in noun phrases such as taidokkaasta käsityöstä ("from a skillful craft") or taidokkaasta suunnittelusta ("from skillful design").

Finnish adjectives decline like nouns, and taidokkaasta is formed by adding the elative suffix -sta/-stä to the stem taidokas. The taidokkaasta form signals that the noun it relates to is the source or provenance of the described quality, for example taidokkaasta käsityöstä valmistettu pöytä ("a table made from a skillful craft"). It contrasts with taidokas in the nominative and with taidokkaasti, the adverbial form meaning "skillfully."

Usage notes: taidokkaasta is most common in formal or descriptive Finnish and in written text, where the emphasis is on origin, quality, or provenance. For everyday speech, speakers more often rely on the base adjective taidokas or on the adverb taidokkaasti to express skill or manner.

Related terms include taidokas (the base adjective) and taidokkaasti (the adverb meaning "skillfully"). The elative taidokkaasta therefore functions as a stylistic tool to attribute source-based nuance to a description, rather than altering the core meaning of taidokas itself.