luonnollisilta

Luonnollisilta is a Finnish grammatical form: the elative plural form of the adjective luonnollinen, meaning natural. It is used when the noun it modifies is in the elative case, to express origin or source in a plural context, such as from nature or from natural things or people. The form is derived from the stem luonnoll- and the standard elative plural ending -ilta/-iltä, yielding luonnollisilta.

In practice, luonnollilta typically appears in relatively formal or written Finnish, and mostly in constructions where a plural noun is in the elative case. The nuance conveyed is that the source or origin is natural rather than artificial. In everyday speech, speakers often choose other phrasings, especially with singular nouns or when a more general meaning is intended.

Usage notes:

- Luonnollisilta modifies plural elative nouns, indicating origin or provenance from natural sources.

- It is common in descriptive or comparative contexts, as well as in translations or stylistic writing where precision of source is important.

- The concept is primarily a matter of grammatical form rather than introducing a separate lexical meaning; the base meaning remains “natural.”

See also:

- Finnish grammar

- Adjectives in Finnish

- Elative case

In summary, luonnollilta is the elative plural form of luontollinen (natural) used to describe multiple nouns in the elative case, typically signaling origin from natural sources or presenting a natural-sounding characteristic in a phrase.