Home

elektronisista

Elektronisista is a Finnish elative plural form of the noun elektronisti, a term referring to an electronicist. The base elektronisti is formed from elektroninen, meaning electronic, combined with the agent suffix -isti, which denotes a person who practices or is associated with a field. The nominative plural is elektronistit, while the elative plural is elektronisista. The elative case expresses origin or movement from a group, roughly translating to “from the electronicists” or “from among the electronicists” in English, depending on context.

Grammatical notes

Finnish uses a large set of cases, and -sta/-stä forms are commonly used to indicate origin or

Usage and scope

The term elektronisti covers both technical practitioners of electronics and, in popular usage, practitioners of electronic

See also

Elektronisti; elektroninen; elektroninen musiikki; Finnish morphology.

movement
from.
Elektronisti
as
a
classifier
can
refer
to
someone
who
works
with
electronics
or,
in
a
cultural
context,
to
a
practitioner
of
electronic
music.
Consequently,
elektronisista
appears
in
sentences
that
describe
relationships
to
the
group
of
electronicists,
such
as
discussions
about
members
of
that
group
or
about
notions
associated
with
them.
The
form
is
primarily
encountered
in
written
Finnish,
including
journalistic,
academic,
and
descriptive
prose,
rather
than
in
casual
everyday
speech.
music.
Elektronisista,
as
the
elative
plural,
functions
to
specify
a
relation
from
the
group
in
a
sentence
and
is
one
of
many
inflected
forms
used
to
convey
nuance
in
Finnish
noun
phrases.
Its
appearance
tends
to
be
limited
to
contexts
involving
discussion
of
groups,
communities,
or
opinions
related
to
electronic
practitioners
or
genres.