kiinteältä

Kiinteältä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective kiinteä, meaning fixed, firm, solid, or tangible. The elative case in Finnish expresses origin, source, or starting point, so kiinteältä roughly means "from a fixed/solid thing" or "from a solid basis," depending on context.

Usage. The most common use is figurative, indicating basis or justification for a statement or conclusion. In formal or academic writing, phrases such as kiinteältä pohjalta are used to mean "on a solid basis." The form can also appear in literal expressions referring to origin from a material or physical source, though such uses are less frequent and often clarified by accompanying nouns or other cases.

Grammar. Kiinteä is declined as a typical Finnish adjective. In the elative singular it becomes kiinteältä; plural elative is kiinteiltä. Other common forms include kiinteällä (adessive), kiinteän (genitive), and kiinteää (partitive).

Origin. The root kiinteä carries the sense of fixed or real, and kiinteältä as a form is a standard part of Finnish grammar used to indicate origin, basis, or starting point in both everyday and formal language.