Hyvissä

Hyvissä is a Finnish adjective form, not a standalone lexical item. It represents the inessive plural form of the adjective hyv, which means good. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the inessive case denotes a location or state “in” something. When the noun is plural, the adjective also takes the plural inessive suffix, yielding hyvissä.

Function and use

Hyvissä is used to describe plural nouns in phrases that convey a state or condition of being in good shape, condition, or circumstances. It commonly appears with nouns in the inessive plural, and the meaning centers on the idea of “in good …” For example, hyvissä olosuhteissa means “in good conditions,” and hyvissä voimissa means “in good health/force.” The form is grammatical and expected in contexts where the noun it modifies is plural and in the inessive case.

Examples

- Tilaisuus järjestettiin hyvissä olosuhteissa. (The event was held in good conditions.)

- Hän on hyvissä voimissaan. (He is in good health/strength.)

Related forms

hyvä is the base form; hyvän (genitive), hyviä (partitive), hyvät (nominative plural), and hyvissä (inessive plural) are among the principal inflected forms. The same pattern applies to other Finnish adjectives, which inflect for number and case to agree with their nouns.

See also

Finnish grammar, adjective declension, case system, inessive case.