kaukaisissa
Kaukaisissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective kaukainen, meaning distant or far away. It is used to describe a plural noun in the inessive case, indicating that something exists or occurs “in distant” places or times. In practice, kaukaisissa appears at the start of a noun phrase and must agree with the noun in both number and case. Common examples include kaukaisissa maailmoissa (in distant worlds) and kaukaisissa galakseissa (in distant galaxies).
Etymology and form: The adjective kaukainen derives from the stem kauka- with the suffix -inen, related to
Usage: Kaukaisissa is widely used in descriptive Finnish, particularly in literary and scientific contexts, to evoke
Related forms: The base adjective is kaukainen; related degrees include kaukaisempi (distant-er) and kaukaisin (most distant).
See also: Finnish adjectives, Finnish inflection, remoteness in language, literary Finnish.