kohteista

Kohteista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun kohde, meaning target, object, site, or point of interest. As a grammatical form, kohteista is used to indicate origin or source of something when referring to multiple targets, objects, or sites. The elative case typically conveys movement from or origin in reference to the referents.

In practical usage, kohteista commonly appears in contexts such as data collection and analysis, where information is described as coming from particular targets. For example: "Tietoa kohteista kerättiin kyselyllä" (Information from the targets was collected) and "Kohteista saatujen tietojen perusteella tehtiin päätökset" (Decisions were made on the basis of information obtained from the targets). The form should be chosen based on the intended meaning of origin or source within the sentence.

Morphology notes: kohde is the base noun. Its nominative plural is kohteet, the genitive plural is kohteiden, the partitive plural is kohteita, and the elative plural is kohteista. The elative plural is formed by taking the plural stem kohte- with the suffix -et to form kohteet, plus the elative suffix -ista, yielding kohteista.

Broader use of kohteista includes referring to multiple objects of study, investment targets, or sites in fields such as research, archaeology, marketing, or project management. As with many Finnish case forms, the exact meaning depends on context, and kohteista expresses origin or source when used with verbs or noun phrases describing information, materials, or references.