naisista
Naisista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun nainen (woman). In Finnish grammar, elative expresses movement from or reference to something, and in plural it is formed by adding the suffix -ista/-stä to the plural nominative. Therefore, naisista literally means “from/about the women,” depending on the verb or preposition it accompanies.
Morphology and usage. The base form for the plural nominative is naiset (the women). By adding the
- Puhuin naisista. (I talked about women.)
- Keskustelu naisista ja heidän arjestaan jatkui. (The discussion about the women and their everyday life continued.)
Notes. Naisista is a grammatical inflected form, not a separate lexical item; its meaning is derived from