selvästä
Selvästä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective selvä, which means clear, obvious, or well understood. In Finnish grammar, elative forms express origin or basis, and selvästä appears when the adjective modifies a noun that appears in the elative case in the same clause. The most common usage of selvästä is in phrases that indicate a reason, cause, or basis, such as selvästä syystä.
In practice, selvästä is most often encountered in formal or written Finnish. A typical expression is selvästä
Selvä can also function as a standalone interjection meaning “Got it” or “Understood,” but in the form
Etymologically, selvästä derives from the core Finnish adjective selvä, with the elative suffix -stä marking a
See also: selvä, Finnish grammar, elative case, partitive and other noun cases in Finnish.