laillisista

Laillisista is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective laillinen, meaning lawful, legal, or legitimate. It functions as the elative plural form, used to express origin or source in reference to a plural noun group. In practice, laillisista appears in phrases that describe where something comes from or who is considered legitimate, for example laillisista toimijoista (from/among the legitimate actors) or laillisista väitteistä (about legitimate claims).

Grammatically, laillinen is the base adjective, and its inflected forms agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and definiteness. The elative plural suffix -is- plus -ta/-tä marks the source or starting point for plural references. This form is typically part of a larger noun phrase rather than used alone, since it denotes a class or subset of entities rather than performing a standalone predicate.

Usage of laillisista often appears in legal, political, or academic contexts where distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate actors, claims, or actions are discussed. It can modify nouns such as toimijat (actors), väitteet (claims), or hakemukset (applications), thereby situating the discussion within a framework of legality or legitimacy. The corresponding adverb is laillisesti, meaning “legally” or “in a lawful manner.”

Related terms include laillinen (the basic adjective meaning lawful), laillisuus (legality or legality as a concept), and laillisesti (adverb). While laillisista itself is a grammatical form, it plays a role in syntactic constructions that assess legitimacy in discourse.

See also: laillinen, laillisuus, laillisesti, Finnish grammar.