Lyhyissä

Lyhyissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective lyhyt, meaning short. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so lyhyissä accompanies a plural noun in the inessive case, roughly translating as “in the short ones” or, in many contexts, as part of a phrase describing brief or concise items.

Morphology and syntax: The base form lyhyt becomes lyhyet in the nominative plural. To express “in/among the short ones” the inessive plural suffix -issä is added, yielding lyhyissä. The singular inessive form is lyhyessä (in the short one). Lyhyissä is typically followed by a plural noun, forming a noun phrase such as lyhyissä lauseissa (“in short sentences”) or lyhyissä teksteissä (“in short texts”).

Usage: Lyhyissä is common in written and spoken Finnish when discussing brief versions, condensed forms, or concise expressions. It functions as an attributive modifier within noun phrases and does not stand alone as a word with independent meaning.

Examples:

- Lyhyissä lauseissa on usein ytimekäs sanavalinta. (In short sentences there is often concise wording.)

- Lyhyissä teksteissä käytetään tiivistettyä kieltä. (In short texts, concise language is used.)

- Lyhyissä tarinoissa loppu voi olla arvaamaton. (In short stories, the ending can be unpredictable.)

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, inessive case.