ajallisissa

Ajallisissa is a Finnish linguistic term describing a grammatical form: it is the inessive plural of the adjective ajallinen, meaning temporal or time-related. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so when the noun is plural and in the inessive case (expressing "in" or "within"), the adjective takes the suffix -issa. Thus ajallisissa literally means "in the temporal" or "in temporal contexts."

In practice, ajallisissa appears in phrases such as ajallisissa yhteyksissä (in temporal contexts), ajallisissa oloissa (in temporal conditions), and ajallisissa rajoissa (within temporal limits). The nuance it conveys is a focus on time-related aspects rather than spatial or other dimensions. It is most common in academic or analytical prose—philosophy, history, linguistics, and literary analysis—where temporality is being distinguished from other modalities of description.

The form is part of the broader Finnish system of case-inflected adjectives. It contrasts with forms that would denote timelessness or other relations to time, and with singular inessive forms such as ajallisessa. While not everyday vocabulary for all speakers, ajallisissa is a standard, neutral term used to discuss temporal aspects in careful, precise language.

See also: Finnish grammar, inessive case, ajallinen, temporality in philosophy.