isesta

Isästä is the elative case form of the Finnish noun isä, meaning “father.” In standard Finnish orthography the elative form is isästä, which translates to “from the father” or “from a father” depending on context. The elative is one of Finnish’s case endings used to indicate origin, source, or starting point, and it can also mark a topic from which information or a thing arises.

Morphology and usage: The elative suffix in Finnish is -sta or -stä, chosen to harmonize with the preceding vowel. When attached to isä, the resulting form is isästä. This form is routinely used with nouns to express origin (movement from a place or source) or to indicateaphorically that something is derived from or about that source. For example, isästä opin paljon means “I learned a lot from my father,” while tarina isästä means “a story about the father.” The elative can also indicate starting points in more abstract expressions.

Notes on orthography: Finnish uses diacritics, and the correct writing for the elative of isä is isästä. In plain ASCII texts or where diacritics are unavailable, you may encounter isasta or other approximations, but isästä is the proper form.

Related uses: The elative suffix -sta/-stä appears with many Finnish nouns beyond isä, such as talosta (from the house) or kielestä (from the language/from about the language). Understanding the elative helps in grasping how Finnish expresses origin, source, and topic in concise phrases.