Kaivoksissa

Kaivoksissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun kaivos, meaning “in the mines.” It denotes location inside multiple mines and translates to “in the mines” in English. The singular corresponding form is kaivoksessa, while kaivoksissa specifies a plural destination or area.

Grammar and formation

The base kaivos refers to a mine. When speaking about more than one mine, the plural stem kaivokset is used. To express location inside these places, Finnish attaches the inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä, yielding kaivoksissa. The form reflects standard Finnish locative morphology, where -ssa/ssä marks inessive and the plural ending communicates the number of places involved. The resulting word often contains a double s, as in kaivoksissa.

Usage

Kaivoksissa is commonly found in contexts related to mining, geology, and industrial work. It can describe where activities occur, where safety procedures apply, or where researchers conduct field measurements. Examples include: Kaivoksissa työskentelee monia työntekijöitä. Tutkimusryhmä teki mittauksia kaivoksissa. The term is neutral and primarily functional, suitable for descriptive, historical, or technical writing.

See also

Other related forms include kaivoksessa (in the mine) for the singular inessive, and kaivokset (mines) for the plural nominative. The word illustrates Finnish’s rich system of case and number agreement in spatial expressions.