dokumenteissa

dokumenteissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun dokumentti, meaning “in the documents” or “within the documents.” It is used to indicate location or context when referring to multiple documents. The singular form is dokumentissa, meaning “in the document.” The word is common in archival, legal, academic, and administrative discourse where multiple documents are discussed or examined.

Morphology and usage: Finnish marks location with case endings. For the plural inessive, the ending -eissa or -issä is attached to the plural stem, yielding dokumenteissa. The form is used when statements refer to contents, statements, or information found inside several documents rather than a single one. It often appears in descriptions of sources, evidence, or records in writing.

Examples: Sanat löytyvät dokumenteissa. (The words are in the documents.) Tietoja on merkitty dokumenteissa. (Information has been recorded in the documents.)

Etymology and context: Dokumentti is a loanword derived from Latin documentum, typically via other European languages and integrated into Finnish as dokumentti. The plural inessive form dokumenteissa reflects standard Finnish inflection of loanwords that end in -ti. The term is primarily encountered in formal or technical Finnish, including research reports, legal texts, and archival notes.

See also: dokumentti, Finnish grammar, inessive case, evidence and sources in Finnish writing.