päiväyksistä

Päiväyksistä is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun päiväys, a term used primarily to refer to the date that appears on a document or other formal record. In everyday language päiväys and päivämäärä are often used interchangeably, but päiväys is more common in legal, administrative, and archival contexts, where it denotes the official date stamp or the date of issuance.

Morphology and meaning a brief overview: The base noun is päiväys, which denotes a date marked on a document. Its plural nominative form is päiväykset. The elative plural form, päiväyksistä, is used when speaking about something arising from or regarding those dates, or when indicating “from the dates.” For example, päiväyksistä voidaan päätellä, milloin asiakirja on laadittu means “From the dates one can deduce when the document was prepared.” Other cases follow regular Finnish inflection, with forms such as päiväyksen (genitive singular) and päiväysten (genitive plural).

Usage and context: Päiväyksistä tends to appear in formal or administrative prose, legal texts, archiving notes, or discussions that involve multiple dates. It is less common in everyday speech, where päivämäärät or päivämäärä might be preferred to specify calendar dates directly. The distinction between päiväys and päivämäärä can matter in precise documentation, where päiväys emphasizes the stamping or issuing date on a document.

Relation to related terms: Päiväyksistä is closely connected to the broader concept of dating documents in Finnish. The word contrasts with päivämäärä, which more broadly means a calendar date and is used outside official contexts. Understanding the elative plural form helps in constructing phrases about information derived from or dependent on several dates.