tegevusalast

Tegevusalast is an Estonian grammatical form that refers to the field of activity. It is the elative singular form of the noun tegevusala (or tegevusala), used to express topics, scope, or origin related to a particular domain. In English, it can be understood as “from/about the field of activity.”

In practice, tegevusalast appears in formal or written Estonian when a statement, discussion, or analysis concerns a specific domain. It signals the subject matter rather than a physical location. The form is common in policy documents, research reports, journalism, and business texts where the scope of discussion is the field of activity being referenced.

Examples of usage include phrases such as tegevusalast arutelu (a discussion about the field of activity), tegevusalast statistikat (statistics about the field of activity), or tegevusalast uuring (a study of the field of activity). The term helps to delimit the topic within broad discussions of industries, sectors, or domains.

Related terms and alternatives include tegevusala (the field of activity in the nominative), tegevusalad (fields of activity), and valdkond (domain or sector). Tegevusalast should be distinguished from these forms by its grammatical role and its function to indicate topic or origin within a sentence.