Morphologisissa

Morphologisissa is a Finnish adjective form meaning “in the morphological sense” or “in morphological terms.” It is the inessive plural form of morfologinen (morphological) and is used to describe nouns that are plural and are in the inessive case. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, so morfologisissa appears when referring to plural nouns located in a context such as “in morphological studies” or “in morphological contexts.”

In practice, morfologisissa usually occurs in academic or linguistic writing. It combines with a plural noun in the inessive to indicate location or context, for example: morfologisissa tutkimuksissa sanamuotoja tarkastellaan (in morphological studies, word forms are examined) or morfologisissa yhteyksissä esiintyy erilaisia taivutusmuotoja (in morphological contexts, various inflectional forms appear). The term helps situate discussion within the field of morphology, distinct from phonology, syntax, or semantics.

Grammatical note: morfologinen is the base adjective meaning “morphological,” and its inessive plural form morfologisissa is used with plural nouns in the inessive case. Other related forms include morfologinen (singular) and morfologisia (partitive plural), depending on the grammatical role in the clause. The word is common in discussions of language structure, word formation, and inflection patterns.

Etymology: morfologia comes from Greek morphe ‘form’ and -logia, integrated into Finnish as morfologia and morfologinen. The phrase morfologisissa is a standard grammatical inflection rather than a standalone concept, serving to anchor statements within morphological analysis.