Lievissä

Lievissä is a Finnish adjective form meaning “in mild” or “in light” and functions as the inessive plural of lievä. It is used to describe states, conditions, or phenomena that are not severe or intense. The form usually precedes a plural noun in the inessive case, indicating “in the mild …” or “under mild …” circumstances.

Common contexts for lievissä include health, weather, and everyday assessments. Phrases such as lievissä tapauksissa (in mild cases), lievissä oireissa (in mild symptoms), or lievissä olosuhteissa (under mild conditions) are typical. The word helps to contrast situations that are not serious with those that are more severe.

Morphology and related forms: lievä is the base form (positive degree). Its inflection includes lievän (genitive singular), lievää (partitive singular), lieviä (partitive plural), and lievissä (inessive plural). The form lievissä specifically requires a plural noun in the inessive case, signaling location or state within mild conditions.

Nuance: lievä describes relative mildness rather than absence of severity, and it is used across neutral, clinical, and descriptive registers. It should not be confused with more intense terms like vakava (serious) or with adverbs such as lievästi (mildly) or related verbs like lievittää (to relieve) and lievennys (amelioration).

See also: lievä; lievästi; lievittää; lievennys.