Runollisissa

Runollisissa is the inessiivinen plural form of the Finnish adjective runollinen, meaning poetic or lyric. It is used to describe plural nouns when the phrase is in the inessive case, indicating “in poetic/lyrical [things].” The form is created by taking the stem runollis- and adding the inessiiv plural suffix -issa, which yields runollisissa and often results in a double s (due to the suffix beginning with s).

In usage, runollisissa accompanies plural nouns in contexts referring to poetic language, style, or content located in a plural inessive frame. Examples include: Runollisissa kappaleissa metafora on yleinen keino. and Runollisissa teksteissä kuvakieli on keskeinen elementti. These phrases are common in literary analysis, criticism, or studies of language style, where the focus is on poetry-like features across multiple works or sections.

Morphologically, runollisissa shows how Finnish adjectives agree with nouns in number and case. It is one of several inflected forms of runollinen; corresponding forms include runollinen (nominative singular), runollinen in other cases and numbers, and related forms such as runollisia (partitive or other plural cases) and runollisessa (inessive singular). The construction follows standard Finnish vowel harmony and consonant alternation rules, with the stem runollis- attaching the -issa suffix to produce the double s in runollisissa.

As a linguistic form, runollisissa is primarily encountered in discussions of grammar, literary style, or Finnish-language analysis, rather than as a commonly used standalone descriptor in everyday prose.