Tavallisimmista

Tavallisimmista is a Finnish adjective form meaning “of the most common” or “from the most common ones.” It is used to refer to items that belong to the group of those that occur most frequently or are considered ordinary within a given context. The form belongs to constructions where an adjective in the superlative modifies a noun and the phrase is connected to another element in a case-marked relation.

Origin and morphology: The base adjective is tavallinen, meaning common or ordinary. The superlative form is tavallisimmat, meaning “the most common.” By attaching a case ending such as -ista/-stä, the phrase becomes tavallisimmista, used when the dependent noun is governed in a case that marks relation such as elative or genitive, depending on the sentence. This pattern—superlative adjective plus a case ending—is a standard feature of Finnish grammar and allows precise reference to subsets within a broader group.

Usage: Tavallisimmista is most commonly found in descriptive or analytical Finnish, where speakers distinguish among categories by frequency or normality. It frequently appears in phrases like tavallisimmista tapauksista or tavallisimmista syistä, where it signals a focus on the subset deemed most typical or frequent in a given discussion.

See also: tavallinen, tavallisimmat, Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives.