Raskaisissa

Raskaisissa is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is the plural inessive form of the adjective raskas, meaning heavy or burdensome. Used with a plural noun in the inessive case, raskaisissa translates to “in heavy/burdensome (conditions)” and is often found in descriptive or literary contexts. Because it is an inflected form, raskaisissa itself does not carry a fixed meaning without a noun it modifies.

Morphology and usage: Finnish adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they describe in number and case. The inessive plural suffix is -issa/-issä. Therefore, raskaisissa is produced from raskas plus -issa and typically accompanies a plural noun in the inessive, for example, raskaisissa olosuhteissa (in heavy conditions) or raskaisissa tehtävissä (in demanding tasks). In many sentences the noun can be ellipsed if it is understood from context, leaving raskaisissa to modify the implied plural noun.

Examples:

- Raskaisissa olosuhteissa työskentelevät ovat tottuneet paineeseen. (People working under heavy conditions are accustomed to pressure.)

- Raskaisissa tehtävissä tarvitaan huolellisuutta. (In demanding tasks, care is required.)

Semantic note: Raskaisissa emphasizes the intensity or difficulty of the situation rather than the physical weight alone. It is commonly used in journalism, essays, and narrative prose to convey hardship or challenge.

See also: raskas, raskaimpi, raskaus (note: unrelated to pregnancy in this lexical sense).