Yhdestätoista

Yhdestätoista is a Finnish numeral form used to express the number eleven in a declined (case-inflected) context. It represents the elative singular form of the numeral eleven and appears when the number is required in a phrase that supplies the starting point, origin, or source of a quantity, rather than as a bare cardinal.

In Finnish, numerals are inflected to fit grammatical roles in a sentence. The form yhdestätoista occurs with the -sta/-stä elative suffix, which marks meanings such as “from” or “out of.” Because it is a specialized inflected form, yhdestätoista is most commonly encountered in formal writing, traditional or dialectal usage, and in fixed phrasal expressions rather than in everyday speech.

Usage and examples of context include ranges and measures where a starting point is specified, or in phrases describing a source quantity. For instance, it can appear in sentences describing amounts, intervals, or time frames that begin at eleven, or in constructions comparing or deriving from eleven units, though in everyday language speakers typically revert to the uninflected form yksitoista for the cardinal eleven when the bare number is intended.

Relation to other Finnish numerals shows that yhdestätoista is part of the broader system of inflecting numbers within grammatical contexts. The common standalone name for the number eleven is yksitoista, while yhdestätoista is not the usual form for counting but a specialized declined variant used in specific phrases.

Overall, yhdestätoista is a niche inflected form of the Finnish number eleven, notable for its role in expressing starting points or sources within a sentence, rather than as the simple, uninflected numeral.