Toimivissa

Toimivissa is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective toimiva, meaning functioning or operational. Specifically, toimivissa is the inessive plural form used with plural nouns to indicate location or state, roughly translating to “in functioning/operating [ones]” or “in operation.” It commonly appears in technical, descriptive, or planning texts.

Morphology and usage context: The form arises from the adjective stem toimiva plus the inessive case ending for plural nouns (-issa/-issä). It is used when describing multiple items that are located in or characterized by a functioning state. For example, phrases like toimivissa tiloissa or toimivissa laitteissa convey that the referenced entities are in a functioning or operating condition within those spaces or components.

Typical usage: toimivissa tends to appear in technical, engineering, or project documentation, as well as in reports that describe equipment, facilities, or systems in operation. It is less common in everyday casual speech and more common in formal descriptive writing where the state or location of multiple elements is being specified.

Related terms: The base adjective is toimiva. Related nouns include toimivuus (functionality, operability) and toiminnan käsitteet, which describe the quality or state of functioning. The form toimivissa therefore fits within a broader set of Finnish inflected adjectives used to describe plural subjects in specific grammatical cases.

See also: Finnish grammar on adjectives and case endings; dictionaries that define toimiva and toimivuus; technical Finnish usage guides.