sitruunasta

Sitruunasta is the elative singular form of sitruuna, the Finnish word for lemon. The elative case expresses origin or source, roughly translating to "from the lemon" or "of lemon" in English. In everyday Finnish it is used to indicate where something comes from, where an action originates, or the material from which something is made.

Morphology and formation: The word is formed by taking the noun sitruuna and adding the elative suffix -sta (or -stä after certain consonant combinations). The singular elative is sitruunasta, and the plural elative is sitruunoista. This form is commonly used in phrases describing origin, sourcing, or material basis.

Usage notes: Sitruunasta appears in culinary contexts to describe ingredients or outputs derived from lemons, as well as in other domains to denote source or starting point. It often occurs with adjectives or participles, such as sitruunasta puristettu mehu (juice squeezed from a lemon) or sitruunasta valmistettu kastike (a sauce made from lemon).

Examples:

- Sitruunasta puristettu mehu tekee tuotteesta raikkaan. (Juice puristettu from the lemon makes the product refreshing.)

- Tämä kastike on sitruunasta valmistettu. (This sauce is made from lemon.)

- Keksin reseptin sitruunasta lähtien; ainekset ovat sitruunasta. (I started from lemon in the recipe; the ingredients include lemon.)

Sitruunasta is a standard, neutral form used to express origin, source, or material in Finnish, and its plural counterpart sitruunoista follows the same elative pattern.