Mainituissa

Mainituissa is a Finnish grammatical form used in linguistic and scholarly contexts to describe the inessive plural form of the past passive participle of the verb mainita, which means to mention. As an attributive adjective, mainittu declines to agree with the noun it modifies, so in the inessive plural it appears as mainituissa. This form is typically found before a head noun in phrases such as mainituissa tapauksissa (in the mentioned cases) or mainituissa tutkimuksissa (in the mentioned studies). The base meaning remains tied to something that has already been mentioned or cited earlier in the text.

Morphology and formation: The verb is mainita; its past passive participle is mainittu. When used to modify a plural noun in the inessive case, the participle takes the form mainituissa, yielding phrases like mainituissa tapauksissa or mainituissa tutkimuksissa. There are also singular equivalents, such as mainitussa tapauksessa (in the mentioned case), illustrating the same pattern of agreement. As with other Finnish participial adjectives, mainituissa does not stand alone as a noun but rather functions within a noun phrase to reference previously described elements.

Usage and context: Mainituissa is most common in formal or technical Finnish—academic papers, legal documents, and analytical summaries—where authors need to refer back to items already introduced. It helps maintain cohesion by signaling that the referenced material has been discussed earlier in the text. The form contributes to precise, compact phrasing, particularly when enumerating or comparing multiple previously described elements.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, adjectives in Finnish.

References: Standard Finnish grammar references on participles and attributive adjectives provide the descriptive basis for forms like mainittu, mainittu, and their inflected variants such as mainituissa.