itsenäisistä

Itsenäisistä is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the elative plural form of the adjective itsenäinen, which means independent. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number, so itsenäisestä, itsenäiset, itsenäisistä, etc., appear in the corresponding inflected forms to match the noun they describe. Itsenäisistä specifically appears when the noun it modifies is in the elative plural, indicating source, origin, or relation such as “from/among independent [plural nouns].”

Morphology and use

- Base adjective: itsenäinen (independent)

- Elative plural form: itsenäisistä

- The noun it modifies is typically in the elative plural, for example: itsenäisistä valtioista (from independent states), itsenäisistä ihmisistä (from independent people). Here itsenäisistä marks the adjective to agree with the noun in the elative plural.

- Finnish adjectives do not have a separate indefinite article, so the meaning of itsenäisistä is derived from the case-marked noun it accompanies.

Etymology

Itsenäinen derives from itsenäisyys (independence) and is related to the word itsenäisyys. The elative plural ending -istä is a standard Finnish inflectional ending used for plural nouns in the elative case and for agreeing adjectives.

Usage notes

- Itsenäisistä is primarily encountered in clauses describing origin, source, or relationship to independent entities, often in formal or written Finnish.

- In everyday speech, the form appears in contexts such as news reports, analyses, or descriptive texts discussing independent states, groups, or entities.

Related forms

- itsenäinen (singular), itsenäiset (nominative plural), itsenäisten (genitive plural), itsenäisiä (partitive plural)

- Other case forms follow standard Finnish adjective declension patterns.

See also

- Finnish grammar: elative case

- Itsestä, itsestä? (examples of related inflectional forms)

- Itsenäinen (root word and concept of independence)