Tekstistä

Tekstistä is a Finnish word meaning "from the text" or "of the text." It is the elative singular form of teksti, which means "text." In Finnish grammar, the elative case expresses origin or source, and tekstistä specifically marks something that comes from or is derived from a text. The form is commonly used in academic, literary, and journalistic contexts to indicate quotations, evidence, or analysis based on a particular text.

Usage examples include indicating quotes or evidence drawn from a source, or pointing to information that is contained in a text. For instance, Lainaukset on otettu tekstistä (The quotes are taken from the text). Tekstistä käy ilmi, että tutkimustulos on tilastollisesti merkitsevä (From the text it appears that the research result is statistically significant). In analytical writing, phrases like "tekstistä voidaan päätellä" (it can be inferred from the text) are used to attribute conclusions to the source material.

Related forms and notes: Teksti is the nominative singular; tekstin is the genitive singular; tekstiä is the partitive singular; tekstissä is the inessive singular. Tekstistä is one instance of the elative case. Finnish nouns use various case endings to indicate grammatical relations; tekstistä specifically signals origin or extraction from the text, rather than possession or location.