erillisestä

Erillisestä is the ablative singular form of the Finnish adjective erillinen, which means separate, distinct, or independent. The word is used to indicate origin or source from a unit that is not part of the main group, or to describe something derived from or coming from a separate part. In practice, erillisestä accompanies a noun in the ablative case, as in erillisestä osasta meaning “from a separate part.”

Grammatical background and forms: Finnish adjectives inflect to agree with the nouns they modify. The base form erillinen has many inflected forms. Common singular forms include erillisen (genitive), erillistä (partitive), erillisessä (inessive), erillisestä (ablative), and erillisenä (essive). Plural forms include erilliset (nominative), erillisten (genitive), erillisiä (partitive), erillisissä (inessive), erillisistä (ablative), erillisinä (essive), and erillisiksi (translative). The ablative form erillisestä is used when describing movement from or origin in relation to a separate unit.

Usage and nuance: The term emphasizes separation or independence relative to other parts or contexts. It is common in technical, legal, and formal prose where precise distinctions between components or subsystems are discussed. It can also describe something that is separate from a main group or is considered as a distinct element within a larger whole.

Examples: A typical noun phrase is erillisestä osasta koostuva kokonaisuus, meaning “a whole composed of a separate part.” Another example is erillisessä käytössä, meaning “in separate use.” The adverbial form erillisesti means “separately.”

See also: erillinen, erillisesti.