Moninaisissa

Moninaisissa is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the inessive plural form of the adjective moninainen, meaning diverse or manifold. The form is used to modify plural nouns when the entire noun phrase is in the inessive case, signaling location or state “in various” or “in many kinds of.” For example, moninaisissa tapauksissa means “in various cases,” and moninaisissa yhteyksissä means “in diverse contexts.”

In practice, moninaisissa appears whenever the noun it describes is plural and in the inessive case. This is a typical feature of Finnish adjectives, which decline to match the number and case of the noun they modify. The corresponding form for a nominative plural noun would be moninaiset, while other cases use their own adjective endings.

Usage notes and examples help illustrate its function. Moninaisissa tapauksissa on tärkeää ottaa huomioon erilaiset näkökulmat. In various contexts, government policy might differ across regions. Moninaisissa yhteyksissä argumentit voivat painottua eri tavalla. The phrase emphasizes plurality and variety within the described situation, rather than a single uniform condition.

Related terms include moninaisuus (diversity) as a noun, and moninainen (adjective) as the base form. While moninaisissa is common in formal or written Finnish, its everyday use often appears in analytical or descriptive texts that discuss multiple factors, cases, or perspectives.

See also: Finnish adjectives, inessive case, plurality in Finnish, moninaisuus.