runoista

Runoista is the plural elative form of the Finnish noun runo, meaning "poem." In Finnish grammar, runo refers to a poem or verse, and its inflected forms show how the word functions in a sentence. The nominative plural is runot, the partitive plural is runoja, and the genitive plural is runojen. Runoista specifically means "from the poems" or "of the poems," and is used to indicate origin, source, or a grouping related to multiple poems.

In Finnish, runo can refer to both traditional and modern poetry. Traditionally, it has been used for lyric poetry and older, orally transmitted poems, while in contemporary usage it covers modern Finnish poetry as well. The term is common in literary criticism, education, anthologies, and everyday discussion of poetry.

Runo is closely linked to the broader Finnish poetics and to figures who compose poetry, such as runoilija (poet). The concept also appears in discussions of Finnish poetic forms, themes, and language, including references to collections or works that are “runoista koottu” (assembled from poems) or shaped by poem-based motifs.

Overall, runoista serves as a functional grammatical form that anchors discussions about poetry to multiple works or sources, while the base word runo remains the everyday label for a single poem or for poetry as a literary field.