pulteista

Pulteista is a Finnish inflected form of the noun pultti, used to indicate origin or material in the plural. Pultti refers to a metal bolt or dowel used in fastening and joining components. In standard Finnish, the plural nominative is pultit, and pulteista functions as the elative plural meaning “from bolts” or “made from bolts.”

Grammatical overview: the elative case expresses origin, source, or material, and in the plural it appears as -ista/-istä after the appropriate plural stem. Therefore, pultit in the elative plural becomes pulteista (roughly “from bolts”). This form is commonly used in descriptions of construction, manufacturing, or composition, where bolts are the materials or sources involved.

Usage notes: pulteista is typically employed when referring to bolts collected from a larger set, bolts used as a material, or a structure built with bolts. It is not a standalone semantic article like a proper noun; rather, it is a grammatical form that appears in sentences describing origin or composition. The singular elative form would be pultista, used when speaking of “from a bolt.”

Examples: Rakennelma koostuu pultteista. (The structure consists of bolts / is made from bolts.) Harkaista poimitut pultit olivat ruostuneet. (The bolts picked from the hardware were rusted.) Pulteista valmistettu hylly on epästandardin käyttöesimerkki, mutta meteorologiset havainnot voivat viitata näiden osien alkuperään. (Note: this sentence illustrates the concept rather than a common usage.)

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, plural nouns, pultti.