Vajeista

Vajeista is a Finnish noun form meaning “from deficiencies” or “of shortages.” It is the elative plural form of the noun vaje, which denotes a deficiency, deficit, or shortfall in resources, supply, or planning. The term is used in formal and technical language, including economics, public administration, and statistics.

Form and usage: The base noun vaje forms the plural elative by adding the suffix -ista. The singular elative is vajeesta, while the plural elative is vajeista. Vajeista is used when referring to deficiencies that are the source or origin of something, or when discussing shortages across multiple items or sectors.

Usage notes: Vajeista tends to appear in formal, budgetary, or analytic contexts rather than everyday speech. It frequently appears with verbs such as johtuvat (are caused by) and määritellään (are defined) to attribute outcomes to shortages. Example: Vajeista johtuvat toimenpiteet ovat välttämättömiä. The term can also be found in discussions of macroeconomic deficits, supply shortfalls, or programmatic gaps.

See also: vaje (deficiency/shortage) and related terms such as puute (lack). The word is primarily encountered in Finnish-language texts dealing with economics, planning, or policy analysis, rather than in casual conversation.