käsitteleviltä

Käsitteleviltä is a Finnish non-finite participial adjective form derived from the verb käsitellä, meaning to handle or deal with. It is the elative plural form of the present active participle käsittelevä (dealing with, handling). As a participial adjective, käsitteleviltä is used to modify a noun and to indicate source or origin, specifically “from those who handle” or “by those who deal with.”

In practice, käsitteleviltä appears in phrases where the head noun is in the elative plural. Common usage is to attribute information, statements, or actions to the people or bodies that perform the handling. For example, käsitteleviltä viranomaisilta means “from the authorities who handle (the matter)” and käsitteleviltä tahoilta means “from the parties that deal with it.” The form agrees in number and case with the noun it accompanies, so both elements are in elative plural when referring to multiple actors.

Key points to note are the form’s function and its place in Finnish syntax. It is not a standalone noun; it is a participial adjective that requires a head noun in the appropriate case. Its meaning is closely tied to the verb käsitellä, and it is commonly found in formal or analytical writing where the source of information or the responsible bodies are being specified.

See also: käsittelevä, käsitellä, elatiivi (elative case), present active participle in Finnish.