kunnollisista

Kunnollisista is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective kunnollinen, meaning "decent," "proper," or "respectable." It is the elative plural form used to describe the source or origin of a group, roughly translating to "from the decent ones" or "out of the respectable people." The base stem kunnollinen combines with the plural elative ending -ista to produce kunnollisista.

In standard Finnish, kunnollisista appears in contexts where a speaker refers to a subset of people described as kunnollinen. It is not a proper noun or a widely recognized term for a political movement or organization. Its meaning depends on the surrounding words and the sense of kunnollinen in the discourse, for example in phrases like "kunnollisista ihmisistä" (of the decent people) or "kunnollisista koostuva ryhmä" (a group composed of decent people).

Because kunnollinen conveys evaluative meaning—positive connotations of propriety—the form kunnollisista can carry nuance in context, particularly in satirical or political writing where groups are contrasted with others. However, the form itself is a grammatical construction rather than a distinct concept beyond its usage in speech and writing.

See also: Finnish grammar; adjectives in Finnish; elative case; declension of adjectives.