Vaivasta

Vaivasta is a grammatical form in Finnish, specifically the elative singular of the noun vaiva. Vaiva means trouble, nuisance, burden, or an ailment. The elative case, marked by the suffix -sta, denotes origin or source, so vaivasta literally conveys “out of trouble” or “from the trouble.”

In ordinary Finnish usage, vaivasta appears mainly in fixed expressions and formal writing. The most common idiom is vaivasta huolimatta, meaning "in spite of the trouble" or "despite the difficulties." This construction is used to acknowledge obstacles while still describing an outcome or action.

A related construction is vaivasta johtuen, meaning "due to the trouble" or "as a result of the trouble," used to explain reasons in more formal contexts. Both forms illustrate how the elative case links a cause or origin to a subsequent statement.

Etymology traces vaivasta to vaiva, with the standard elative suffix -sta. The form is not a separate lexical entry; rather, it functions as a grammatical variant of vaiva that appears in specific phrases and clauses.

See also: vaiva, Finnish noun inflection, elatiivi and other Finnish cases, idiomatic Finnish expressions.

Examples:

- Vaivasta huolimatta hän osallistui kokoukseen. (Despite the trouble, he attended the meeting.)

- Projekti myöhästyi vaivasta johtuen. (The project was delayed due to the trouble.)

Vaivasta thus serves as a morphological tool in Finnish to express relationships of cause or adversity within idiomatic and formal constructions.