laakerista

Laakerista is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun laakeri, meaning a bearing in a mechanical sense. In Finnish grammar, the elative case is used to indicate origin, source, or a topic of discussion, and laakerista fulfills those functions when referring to a bearing in technical or everyday language.

In practical use, laakerista is common in maintenance, engineering, and diagnostics contexts. It can point to the bearing as the source of a problem, for example describing noise, wear, or failure that originates from the bearing. It can also mark the bearing as the topic of conversation, such as in discussions or reports: “Puhutaan laakerista” (We are talking about the bearing) or “Laakerista johtuva vika” (a fault originating from the bearing).

Grammatically, laakerista follows the usual rules for the elative case in Finnish, formed by adding -sta or -stä to the noun stem. The base noun laakeri can also appear in other cases to express different relations to the bearing (for example, laakerin genitive: the bearing’s something).

Etymology and related forms: laakerista is derived from laakeri, the noun for bearing, with the elative suffix -sta/-stä. Related terms include other forms of laakeri in different cases, and compound terms used in mechanical contexts.

See also: laakeri, Finnish grammar, elative case, mechanical bearing.