Teknisiltä

Teknisiltä is a Finnish word form that functions as the elative plural of the adjective tekninen, meaning technical. In practice it appears most often as part of set phrases such as teknisiltä osin or teknisiltä kannoilta, where it conveys the sense “in technical aspects” or “from a technical standpoint.” The form is used to refer to technical aspects or considerations when contrasting them with other domains, such as administrative or legal.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When the modifying noun is plural and in the elative case, the adjective takes the corresponding elative plural ending, here -iltä. As a result, teknisiltä is typically seen in phrases describing perspectives, evaluations, or statements limited to the technical domain. Its usage is common in technical, engineering, IT, and scientific discourse, where precision about scope is important.

Etymology and related forms: tekninen is derived from the Finnish adaptation of the word technical, itself borrowed through multiple European languages, with the common -inen adjective ending forming tekninen. The elative plural ending -iltä is a standard Finnic modifier for plural nouns in the elative case, enabling phrases like teknisiltä osin (in technical terms) or teknisiltä kannoilta katsottuna (from a technical standpoint).

See also: tekninen, teknisesti, osin, kannalta, elatiivinen (elative).