Kuuluisassa

Kuuluisassa is a Finnish grammatical form used with adjectives. It is the inessive singular form of the Finnish adjective that means "famous." The inessive case answers questions such as “where?” and expresses location or state, so kuuluisassa describes being “in the famous [place or context].”

In practice, kuuluisassa is used before a noun that is itself in the inessive case. For example, kuuluisassa teatterissa means “in the famous theater,” and kuuluisassa kaupungissa means “in the famous city.” The form shows that the described noun is located within something recognized or renowned.

Morphology and related forms follow standard Finnish adjective declension. The base form kuuluis(a) declines for number and case, producing variants such as kuuluisat (nominative plural), kuuluisan (genitive singular), and kuuluisissa (inessive plural). The partitive and other cases use corresponding forms like kuuluisia (partitive plural) or kuuluisassa (singular inessive). The comparative and superlative degrees use the adjectives’ standard endings (kuuluisampi, kuulisin/kuuluisin, etc.).

Usage notes:

- kuuluisassa is primarily a descriptive device, signaling that the noun it accompanies is placed in a context associated with fame or renown.

- It often appears in literary or descriptive prose to evoke the idea of prominence, tradition, or widely recognized status.

- When the noun is not in the inessive, other case forms of the adjective are used (e.g., kuuluisan kaupungin for genitive, kuuluisat ihmiset for nominative plural).

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives in Finnish, inessive case, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.