kallioista

Kallioista is the plural elative form of the Finnish noun kallio, meaning rock or cliff. The elative case expresses origin or source, and with plural nouns the suffix -ista/-istä yields kallioista. As a grammatical form, kallioista is used when referring to multiple rocks or rock formations as the source of something or as material.

In geology, geography, and descriptive Finnish, kallioista appears when discussing bedrock, rock outcrops, or rock-derived materials. For example, the sentence “Kallioista otetut näytteet analysoitiin” translates to “Samples taken from the rocks were analysed.” The phrase can also occur in sentences like “Jyrkänteet koostuvat kallioista,” meaning that the cliffs consist of rocks.

Kallioista is not a standalone concept beyond its role as a declined form of kallio; it does not denote a separate entity. It is distinct from toponyms such as Kallio, the name of a district in Helsinki, which is a proper noun and not declined in the same way as the common noun forms. In everyday Finnish, kallioista mainly appears in technical or descriptive text related to rocks, geology, and geography.