vaikeista

Vaikeista is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the elative plural of the adjective vaikea, meaning difficult. It is used when the adjective precedes a plural noun in the elative case, and it signals “from the difficulties” or “about the difficulties.” The elative plural suffix in Finnish is -ista or -istä, chosen according to vowel harmony, and attached to the stem of the adjective.

In typical usage, vaikeista does not stand alone; it appears as part of a larger noun phrase such as vaikeista asioista or vaikeista tilanteista, for example in sentences like “Vaikeista asioista keskusteltaessa on tärkeää kuunnella.” or “Vaikeista tilanteista kertovat tarinat ovat koskettavia.” These constructions convey topics or origins related to difficulties.

Usage notes:

- Vaikeista expresses a relation to difficulties in the elative plural, commonly translated as “from the difficulties” or “about the difficulties.”

- The form is used with a following plural noun in the elative case; ellipses where the noun is omitted are possible in informal contexts but less common in standard writing.

- The concept is purely grammatical; there is no separate lexical entry for a standalone word “vaikeista” beyond its function as a declined form of vaikea.

Overall, vaikeista is a routine inflectional form in Finnish that illustrates how adjectives agree with nouns in number and case, allowing speakers to refer to difficulties within a plural elative construction.