gregoriaaniseen

Gregoriaaniseen is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective gregoriaaninen, meaning Gregorian. It is used in noun phrases to indicate movement toward or into something associated with the Gregorian tradition, such as Gregorian chant, liturgy, or calendar. In Finnish, adjectives of the -inen class decline for case and number in the same way as nouns, and the illative singular form is typically -iseen, yielding gregoriaaniseen before a noun in illative.

Common usage examples include phrases like gregoriaaniseen kirkkoon (into the Gregorian church) and gregoriaaniseen liturgiaan (into the Gregorian liturgy). The form appears when the noun it modifies is in the illative case, and the adjective itself takes the illative ending to agree with the overall case of the phrase.

The term is primarily found in Finnish texts dealing with traditions tied to the Gregorian church, Gregorian chant, or other Gregorian practices. It is one instance among many Finnish adjectives that take an -inen form and show illative agreement in noun phrases.

See also: gregoriaaninen, illative case, Finnish grammar, Gregorian tradition.