kaikissa

Kaikissa is a Finnish word that functions as the inessive plural form of the determiner kaik­ki, meaning "all" or "every." It is used to express that a property or statement applies to all members of a set, and it typically accompanies a following plural noun in the inessive case.

Morphology and usage: The base form is kaik­ki. In the inessive plural, it becomes kaikissa, yielding a phrase that means "in all" or "in every" when combined with a noun in the inessive case. Examples include "kaikissa tapauksissa" (in all cases), "kaikissa ryhmissä" (in all groups), and "kaikissa tilastoissa" (in all statistics). The form does not carry gender, and it inflects to agree with the following noun in number and case.

Context and register: Kaikissa is common in formal, technical, or written Finnish, such as academic prose, reports, and journalism. In everyday spoken Finnish, speakers may opt for simpler constructions or contextually implied universality, but kaikissa remains a standard option when precise generalization to all members of a set is desired.

See also: The related forms of kaik­ki, including nominative kaik­ki (all/every), genitive kaikkien (of all), and other case forms used with different nouns. Understanding kaikissa helps in reading and composing Finnish sentences that express universal applicability across multiple items or groups.