musiikillisesta

Musiikillisesta is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective musiikillinen, meaning "musical" or "of music." It is used to modify a noun in the elative case, indicating source, origin, or basis, such as "from a musical context" or "from a musical tradition."

In practice, musiikillisesta appears in phrases where the noun it describes is in the elative case. Common examples include musiikillisesta kontekstista (from the musical context), musiikillisesta taustasta (from a musical background), and musiikillisesta inspiraatiosta (from musical inspiration). The form is typical in academic, critical, or descriptive Finnish when tying something to music, or when discussing influences and origins.

Formation and classification: musiikillinen is formed from the noun musiikki plus the suffix -llinen to create an adjective meaning "musical." Inflection follows the regular -llinen adjective paradigm: inessive musiikillisessa, elative musiikillisesta, genitive musiikillisen, partitive musiikillista, and so on. Therefore, musiikillisesta is a case-specific variant of musiikillinen, not a separate lexical item with its own meaning.

See also: musiikillinen, musiikki.