kappaleista

Kappaleista is the plural elative form of kappale. Kappale can mean either a chapter of a book or a musical piece, depending on context. The elative case, marked by the suffix -sta/-stä in the plural, expresses source or origin, corresponding roughly to "from the chapters" or "from the pieces" in English.

Uses of kappaleista occur in both literary and musical contexts. In literature or academic writing, kappaleista may refer to information or quotations taken from the chapters: Käytin kappaleista otettuja lainauksia esseessä. In music, the word can indicate that a program or collection consists of multiple pieces: Konsertin ohjelma koostuu kappaleista.

Grammatical note: -sta/-stä is the elative case in Finnish. After plural nouns, the form becomes -ista. The base stem kappale- changes to kappaleista in this case, and it is used with verbs or constructions that denote origin, source, or extraction from those items.

In summary, kappaleista signals origin from multiple chapters or multiple musical pieces, and its exact meaning depends on whether kappale refers to book chapters or musical compositions within the given context.

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