kuivista

Kuivista is a Finnish grammatical form, not a standalone word. It represents the elative plural form of the adjective kuiva, meaning dry. In other words, kuivista is formed from kuiva with the elative plural suffix -ista and is used to indicate origin or source from dry things or environments.

Usage and meaning

Kuivista appears in contexts where the speaker wants to refer to something coming "from the dry" or "from dry conditions." It is commonly employed in descriptive, ecological, agronomic, or academic Finnish to specify that a noun belongs to or originates from dry circumstances. The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, typically appearing with a following noun in the genitive or plural form (for example, kuivista olosuhteista, meaning from the dry conditions).

Examples

- kuivista olosuhteista (from the dry conditions)

- kuivista alueista (from the dry areas)

Notes

- Kuivista is not a separate dictionary entry as a standalone lexical item; it is a grammatical inflection of kuiva.

- The form is mainly encountered in written, technical, or descriptive prose rather than everyday casual speech.

Relation to Finnish grammar

Kuivista illustrates Finnish’s rich case and agreement system, where adjectives can take elative plural forms to specify source, origin, or reference to a subset of nouns described as “dry.” It aligns with the general use of the elative case (-sta/-stä) in Finnish to indicate origin or movement from a source.