Tiivisista

Tiivisista is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective tiivinen, meaning dense or compact. It is the elative plural form, used when referring to something that comes from or is associated with a group described as dense.

In Finnish, adjectives decline like nouns. The base adjective tiivinen has forms such as tiiviset (nominative plural) and tiivisten (genitive plural). The elative plural form is tiivisistä, which appears before a noun in the elative case. Thus tiivisista modifies a plural noun in the elative, as in tiivisistä ryhmistä, meaning “from the dense groups.”

Usage of tiivisista is primarily found in descriptive or formal language. It is not a standalone concept, but a grammatical form used in sentences that describe origin, source, or movement from a group characterized as dense or compact. In everyday speech, speakers may choose alternative phrasing to express the same idea, or adjust the noun and case rather than relying on this exact adjective form.

Etymology-wise, tiivinen derives from tiivi-, meaning tight or dense, with the typical Finnish -nen adjective suffix. The elative plural ending -isistä follows standard patterns for adjectives ending in -inen.

See also: tiiviys (density), tiivinen, Finnish adjective declension.