Välillisissä

Välillisissä is a Finnish term used primarily in linguistic and grammatical discussions. It is the inessive plural form of the adjective välillinen, which translates roughly as "indirect" or "mediated." The form signals both plurality and the inessive case, and it appears when the modified nouns are plural and located in a context described as being within or inside indirect forms or relations.

Grammar and morphology

Välillinen as an adjective follows standard Finnish inflection rules. Its nominative plural is välilliset, while the inessive plural is välillisissä. This ending pattern mirrors other adjectives that modify plural nouns in the inessive case, as in phrases like "välillisissä muodoissa" (in indirect forms) or "välillisissä suhteissa" (in intermediary relations).

Usage

In Finnish texts, välillisissä tends to occur in academic writing, linguistics, sociology, and philosophy when discussing indirectness, mediation, or intermediary processes. It is less common in everyday speech, where simpler phrasing such as “epäsuorissa” or “välillisesti” is often preferred. The term helps specify a spatial or conceptual location—where aspects are situated within indirect or mediated contexts.

See also

välillinen, välilisyyden käsite, välillinen muoto, epäsuora.