Raskaissa

Raskaissa is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective raskaana, meaning pregnant. It represents the inessive plural of that adjective and is used to describe the state of a group of people who are pregnant in a strictly grammatical sense. In standard Finnish, this form is rarely needed in everyday speech; speakers more commonly refer to pregnant individuals with the singular adjective raskaana or by using phrases such as “raskaana olevat naiset” (pregnant women) to express the same idea. As a result, raskaissa is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions, grammar exercises, and dictionaries that illustrate Finnish inflection rather than as a common lexical item with independent meaning.

Etymology and form: The base adjective raskaana originates from Finnish roots related to pregnancy. The form raskaissa follows regular Finnish inflection for adjectives in the inessive plural, attaching the inessive plural ending to the stem.

Usage notes: Because the form is specialized, it is best understood within the system of Finnish case and number agreement. Learners encountering raskaissa are typically advised to focus on the base form raskaana and the common idiomatic constructions used to describe pregnancy.

See also: raskaana, raskaus, Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives.