Laulullisia

Laulullisia is a Finnish adjective form meaning song-like or lyrical, used to describe works or passages that have a musical, melodic, or lyric quality. It is the plural form used with nouns in contexts where the described items are plural, for example in phrases like laulullisia runoja or laulullisia säkeitä.

Etymology and form: the word derives from laululu, the noun laulua meaning song, combined with the suffix -llinen, which forms adjectives indicating a characteristic. The stem laulullinen thus signifies “having the quality of a song,” and its inflected plural form laulullisia is used when modifying multiple nouns.

Usage: laulullisia appears primarily in literary criticism, music criticism, and descriptive prose to convey that a work or portion of a text exhibits a strong musicality, rhythm, or lyric spirit. It can describe poetry, prose with musical cadence, or songs and lyrics themselves when discussed in a broader artistic context. While it is a recognized term in Finnish, it tends to occur in more formal or literary registers rather than in everyday speech.

Relation to related terms: laulullinen is closest in meaning to melodic or lyrical, though nuances may vary. Adverbs such as laulullisesti can express “in a song-like way.” The term sits alongside other stylistic descriptors used in Finnish to categorize the auditory and rhythmic character of creative works.

See also: laulullinen, laulu, melodinen.