Vieraantuneelta

Vieraantuneelta is a Finnish grammatical form, functioning as the elative singular of the past participle adjective vieraantunut, meaning alienated or estranged. In Finnish, the elative case marks origin or source, roughly corresponding to “from” or “out of” in English. When applied to the participle stem vieraantune-, the form vieraantuneelta expresses origin from something that has become alienated or, more broadly, a source with an alienated quality.

Usage and function

Vieraantuneelta is not a standalone noun but an inflected adjective form used to modify a noun in the elative case. It typically appears in formal or literary prose to emphasize the source’s alienated character. Examples include phrases such as vieraantuneelta vaikuttajalta (“from an alienated influencer”) or vieraantuneelta yhteisöltä (“from an alienated community”). The nuance conveyed is that the origin itself bears or expresses estrangement, and the statement is anchored in that source.

Morphology

The form is produced by taking the adjective vieraantunut and applying the elative singular suffix -elta/-ltä, yielding vieraantuneelta. It reflects Finnish morphology where adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case and number.

Context

Vieraantuneelta is relatively rare outside of descriptive, literary, or analytical contexts. In everyday language, speakers may opt for other constructions to express origin or state without emphasizing estrangement.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, participles, vieraantunut.