kyseisessä

Kyseisessä is a Finnish word that functions as the inessive singular form of the demonstrative adjective kyseinen. It means “the aforementioned,” “the said,” or “the one in question,” and is used to refer to a specific item that has already been introduced or defined in context. As a determiner, kyseinen agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case; in its inessive form it attaches to singular nouns (for example, kyseisessä asiakirjassa = in the document in question) and to plural nouns in the corresponding plural inessive form (kyseisissä).

Usage and context: Kyseistä form is common in formal Finnish writing, such as legal, administrative, or academic texts, where precise reference to a particular matter is required. It signals that the writer is pointing to a specific, previously mentioned item rather than to something in general. The form is often paired with phrases that establish the referent, such as “kyseisessä asiakirjassa,” “kyseisessä tutkimuksessa,” or “kyseisessä tilanteessa.”

Morphology and related forms: Kyseinen has several inflected forms to match nouns in different cases and numbers. The inessive singular form is ky­seisessä; the genitive is kyseisen, the partitive is kyseistä, and plural forms include kyseisissä (inessive plural) and kyseisille, etc. Distinct from the independent noun phrase kannattaa olla “kyseessä oleva asia” (the matter in question), which uses a slightly different construction but conveys the same reference.

Examples:

- Kyseisessä kappaleessa todetaan, että suunnitelma on muuttunut.

- Kyseisissä olosuhteissa päätös tehtiin nopeasti.

See also: kyseinen, kyseessä, kyseenalainen.