Geneerisillä

Geneerisillä is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a distinct concept. It is the plural adessive form of the adjective geneerinen, meaning generic or not specific. The form is used when describing plural nouns that are in the adessive case, for example to say “with generic traits” or “on generic features.” In practice, geneerisillä appears in sentences that discuss general characteristics across multiple items or contexts, rather than particular, identified instances.

Usage and meaning

Geneerinen is borrowed from English generic and denotes characteristics that are typical or common rather than unique. The adessive plural form geneerisillä signals location or surface association with those generic traits, often in technical or academic texts. The term is primarily grammatical; it does not designate a specialized field, but rather a way to express generality in plural noun phrases.

Common related forms

- Nominative plural: geneeriset

- Genitive plural: geneeristen

- Partitive plural: geneerisiä

- Inessive plural: geneerisissä

- Adessive plural: geneerisillä

- Allative plural: geneerisille

Examples

- Tutkimus tarkastelee geneerisillä piirteillä varustettuja aineistoja. (The study examines data with generic traits.)

- Näillä populaatioilla on geneerisiä piirteitä, jotka esiintyvät yleisesti. (These populations exhibit generic traits that occur broadly.)

Note

Because geneerisillä is a form of an ordinary adjective, its meaning relies on the noun it accompanies and the grammatical context. It does not, by itself, denote a separate scholarly concept, but it is a useful tool for indicating generality within plural, adessive constructions.

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