haitasta

Haitasta is a Finnish word form derived from the noun haitta, which means "harm", "disadvantage" or "nuisance". Grammatically, haitasta is the elative singular form (marked with the suffix -sta/-stä), typically translated as "from the harm" or "out of the disadvantage". As an elative, it indicates origin, source or cause in sentences where something comes from or results from a harmful condition.

In everyday Finnish, haitta and its inflected forms appear in both colloquial speech and formal language. Haitasta can be used in descriptive or analytical contexts, for example when discussing the source of a problem, the consequences of an action, or the removal of a disadvantage. It also occurs in compound expressions and legal or administrative texts that assess detriments, risks or negative impacts.

Usage examples include sentences denoting emergence from a harmful situation or attributing effects to a disadvantage. The word interacts with Finnish case morphology and verb selection to express nuance: verbs for movement or removal often pair with the elative to convey movement away from a negative state, while verbs of causation may use it to indicate origin.

Related terms include haitta (the base noun), haitallinen (adjective meaning "harmful") and haittoja (partitive plural, "harms" or "disadvantages"). Understanding haitasta thus involves both its lexical meaning and its role within Finnish case grammar.