dokumentaarisissa

Dokumentaarisissa is the Finnish inessive plural form of the adjective dokumentaarinen, used to describe nouns that are in a documentary context or style. It commonly appears in film criticism, journalism, and academic writing when referring to plural subjects with documentary characteristics.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The inessive plural suffix -issa is attached to the adjective stem, yielding dokumentaarisissa when the head noun is plural and in the inessive case, as in dokumentaarisissa elokuvissa (“in documentary films”). The corresponding singular form is dokumentaarisessa, and the genitive plural would be dokumentaaristen.

Usage is typically to indicate a documentary approach or factual, non-fiction content, distinguishing from fictional or stylized forms. It can modify nouns across domains such as film, journalism, or research. The nuance is descriptive rather than evaluative, signaling the non-fictional or evidence-based nature of the subject.

Examples include dokumentaarisissa elokuvissa and dokumentaarisissa tutkimuksissa. Related terms include dokumentaarinen (adjective), dokumentti (documentary), and dokumentaarisesti (adverb). In contemporary Finnish, dokumentaarisissa functions as a standard grammatical form to situate plural nouns within documentary contexts.