latinankielisestä

Latinankielisestä is a Finnish adjective phrase form meaning "from/relating to Latin language" or "Latin-language." It is the elative singular form of the adjective latinankielinen, which describes things written in or pertaining to Latin. The base is formed from latinan (Latin) and kielinen (language-related), a common Finnish suffix pattern for adjectives that describe a noun’s language.

Usage in Finnish is primarily scholarly or formal. It is used to describe texts, sources, or terms that are in Latin, as in Latinankielisestä tekstistä (from a Latin-language text) or Latinankielisestä lähteestä (from a Latin-language source). The adjective agrees with the noun in case and number, so the form latinankielisestä appears in elative singular when modifying a singular noun in elative.

In practice, latinankielisestä is most often found in academic writing, philology, and linguistics, where the distinction between Latin and Finnish or other languages matters. It contrasts with more everyday expressions such as latinaksi kirjoitettu (written in Latin) or latinan kieli (the Latin language) in contexts where the emphasis is on the source or language rather than the act of writing.

Related forms of the same adjective include latinankielinen (nominative singular), latinankielisen (genitive singular), and latinankieliseksi (illative singular), reflecting Finnish’s rich case system. The term is part of a broader pattern of language-descending adjectives (kielinen) used to classify texts, terms, and sources by language.

See also: Latin language, Finnish grammar, Latin literature.