Pitkäaikaisissa

Pitkäaikaisissa is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the inessive plural form of the adjective pitkäaikainen, which means long-term or long-standing. The form is used to describe plural nouns in contexts referring to an extended period, and it can be translated roughly as “in the long term” or “in long-term [contexts].”

Morphology and usage

The base adjective is pitkäaikainen. Its plural nominative is pitkäaikaiset, and the inessive plural is pitkäaikaisissa. This form attaches to a plural noun to indicate location or context in time. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so pitkäaikaisissa typically accompanies plural nouns such as potilaat, suunnitelmat, or hoitokäytännöt. The phrase commonly appears in academic, policy, medical, and planning texts to discuss extended-duration phenomena or considerations.

Examples

- Pitkäaikaisissa hoitokäytännöissä on pyritty parantamaan potilaiden elämänlaatua. (In long-term treatment practices, efforts have been made to improve patients’ quality of life.)

- Pitkäaikaisissa suunnitelmissa varaudutaan useisiin skenaarioihin. (In long-term plans, contingencies for several scenarios are considered.)

- Tutkimus tarkastelee pitkäaikaisissa projekteissa esiintyviä haasteita. (The study examines challenges that appear in long-term projects.)

Etymology

Pitkäaikainen is a compound formed from pitkä (long) and aika (time) with the -ainen suffix, meaning “long-time.” The inessive plural form reflects Finnish word-building, enabling precise reference to plural nouns in extended temporal contexts.