vastakohtaista
Vastakohtaista is a Finnish word-form used to describe something that is opposite or contrasting. It is most often the partitive singular form of the adjective vastakohtainen, which means “opposing,” “contrasting,” or “antithetical.” The base noun vastakohta means “antonym” or “opposite,” but vastakohtaista typically appears in phrases where the noun it modifies is in partitive case or when referring to an indefinite quantity.
In practical use, vastakohtaista functions as an adjective in the partitive singular. It can modify a noun
Linguistically, vastakohtaista belongs to the broader concept of antonyms in Finnish, where vastakohta means antonym. Finnish
Examples of related terms include vastakohta (antonym), vastakohtaiset (nominative plural) and vastakohtaisia (partitive plural), which show