esseäissä

Esseäissä is a form that may be encountered in Finnish texts as a nonstandard or rarely attested inflection of the noun essee (an essay). In standard Finnish, the locative plural corresponding to the plural noun esseet is esseissä, meaning “in the essays.”

Etymology and grammar notes: The standard inflection for the noun essee follows the general pattern of Finnish nouns that form plurals with -et (esseet) and take the inessive suffix -ssä in plural (esseissä). The form esseäissä is not part of the conventional Finnish grammar and is not listed in standard reference grammars. It may appear as a typographical error, a dialectal variant, or a relic from older language usage in some texts.

Usage and examples: The standard phrase is esseissä. For example: Esseissä käsitellään monia teemoja. If encountered as esseäissä, it is generally treated as nonstandard or erroneous in formal writing, and readers are usually advised to prefer esseissä instead. Some learners may see esseäissä in early drafts or informal online texts, where nonstandard forms occasionally arise.

Relation to Finnish grammar: Esseäissä highlights how Finnish inflection can produce nonstandard variants in informal contexts. It also illustrates the importance of consulting authoritative dictionaries and grammars when encountering unfamiliar inflected forms.

See also: Essee (Finnish), Finnish grammar, Inessive case, Finnish morphology.