Ihanteellisissa

Ihanteellisissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective ihanteellinen, meaning ideal or exemplary. It is the inessive plural form, used to describe plural nouns that are in the inessive case, roughly translating to “in ideal conditions” or “under ideal circumstances.” The base form ihanteelliset is the nominative plural; adding the inessive plural suffix -issa yields ihanteellisissa, for example in phrases like ihanteellisissa olosuhteissa.

Usage and characteristics: Ihanteellisissa typically modifies plural nouns and appears in formal or descriptive prose, where the writer wishes to convey that conditions, settings, or circumstances meet an ideal standard. Finnish adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so ihanteellisissa will accompany a plural noun in the inessive case. Common collocations include ihanteellisissa oloissa or ihanteellisissa olosuhteissa, meaning “in ideal conditions.”

Etymology and morphology: The form derives from ihanteellinen (ideal). In Finnish, adjectives have plural forms (ihanteelliset) and then take the inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä, resulting in ihanteellisissa. The choice of suffix follows vowel harmony rules, with -issa used in this case.

See also: ihanteellinen, Finnish adjective inflection, inessive case, Finnish syntax and morphology.