lyhyestä

Lyhyestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective lyhyt, meaning short. It is used when the adjective modifies a noun that is in the elative case, indicating source, origin, or context rather than a fixed property. In practice, lyhyestä appears in phrases describing something “from a short …” or “about a short …,” and it follows the standard Finnish pattern of adjective declension where endings attach to the stem lyhy- to match the noun.

Common usage examples include:

- Lyhyestä matkasta kertova artikkeli julkaistiin. (An article about a short trip was published.)

- Lyhyestä ajasta huolimatta projekti valmistui. (Despite the short time, the project was completed.)

In these examples, lyhyestä accompanies nouns in the elative case (matkasta, ajasta) to convey the idea of origin or basis.

Etymology and related forms:

The word lyhyestä derives from the base adjective lyhyt, which means short. Finnish adjectives decline like nouns and take the same case endings; lyhyestä is the elative singular form. Related forms include lyhyen (genitive), lyhyttä (partitive), and other case endings such as lyhyessä (inessive) or lyhyestä (elative) depending on the noun and grammatical role. The root lyhyt has cognates in other Finnic languages, e.g., Estonian lühike.

Notes:

Lyhyestä is a functional, inflected form rather than a standalone lexical item. It is common in written and formal Finnish, especially in constructions describing origin, context, or content related to a “short” noun phrase.