Tärkeimmiltä

Tärkeimmiltä is a Finnish grammatical form formed from the adjective important (tärkeä) and is the elative plural form used with a plural noun in the elative case. It literally means from the most important ones and is used to indicate the source, basis, or reference point of something. It is common in formal or analytic language to describe where information or authority comes from.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When both the noun and the adjective are in the elative plural, the adjective takes the ending -iltä, producing forms such as tärkeimmiltä. This is often seen together with a following plural noun in the elative case, for example: tärkeimmiltä lähteiltä (from the most important sources) or tärkeimmiltä viranomaisilta (from the most important authorities). The construction is versatile and can describe sources, authorities, groups, or any plural element considered highly significant.

Usage notes: tärkeimmiltä is typically used in more formal or written Finnish and appears in contexts discussing credibility, authority, or reliability. It commonly pairs with nouns like lähteiltä, viranomaisilta, sidosryhmiltä, ihmisiltä, and other plural nouns in the elative. Examples include: Tietoja on kerätty tärkeimmiltä lähteiltä, Päätökset tehtiin tärkeimmiltä viranomaisilta saamien ohjeiden perusteella, ja Haastattelut tehtiin tärkeimmiltä sidosryhmiltä saadun palautteen perusteella.

Etymology: derives from the root idea of tärkeä (important), through the superlative form tärkein/tärkeimmät, and inflected to agree with the plural noun in the elative case as tärkeimmiltä. See Finnish grammar for elative plural adjectives for broader context.