muistikirjoissa
Muistikirjoissa is a Finnish noun form meaning “in the notebooks.” It is the inessive plural form of muistikirja, a compound noun meaning notebook or diary. The word is formed from muistikirja, itself a combination of muistio or muisti (memory) and kirja (book). In Finnish, the inessive case marks location, and the plural form of a noun takes the -t ending plus the inessive suffix -ssa or -ssä. For muistikirja, the plural nominative is muistikirjat, and the inessive plural is muistikirjoissa, i.e., “in the notebooks.”
The form is commonly used when referring to contents stored inside multiple notebooks, such as personal journals,
- Finnish grammar: cases and plural inflections
- diurnal or journal terminology in Finnish
Muistikirjoissa stands as a typical instance of Finnish noun inflection, illustrating how compound nouns and case