Essiivisessä

Essiivisessä is a Finnish term that refers to the inessive form of the adjective meaning something related to the essive case in Finnish grammar. The word is used mainly in linguistic discussions to describe a property or state associated with the essive.

Morphologically, essiivinen is an adjective formed from the noun notion of the essive case (esiivi). The inessive singular form of this adjective is essiivisessä, created by attaching the inessive suffix -ssä to the base adjective. The form can also take plural inflection for different grammatical contexts, such as essiivisissä.

Usage of essiivisessä is limited to linguistic and descriptive contexts. It is not a common everyday word, but it appears in explanations of how adjectives relate to Finnish case systems and in examples that illustrate how the essive is discussed in grammar texts. It helps specify that a particular expression or form is in the essive, rather than in other cases.

Examples:

In a sentence such as Hän toimii opettajana, the noun phrase opettajana is in the essive case, indicating “as a teacher.” The phrase essiivisessä käytössä can appear in academic writing to mean “in essive use,” for instance when describing how certain forms function within the essive.

See also:

essiivi (the essive case), Finnish grammar, inessive, translative.