negatiivisissa

Negatiivisissa is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the inessive plural form of the adjective negatiivinen, meaning "negative." It is used to describe something located within or characterized by negatives, typically modifying a plural noun in the inessive case. Common examples include negatiivisissa tapauksissa (in negative cases) and negatiivisissa luvuissa (in negative numbers).

In practice, negatiivisissa appears in academic, statistical, and analytical texts where outcomes, values, or conditions are discussed in terms of negativity. It conveys that the referenced nouns belong to the category of negatives rather than positives. It is used with plural nouns that are in the inessive case, such as negatiivisissa tapauksissa, negatiivisissa arvoissa, or negatiivisissa olosuhteissa.

Grammar note: negatiivisissa is the plural form of the inessive. The corresponding singular inessive form is negatiivisessa. Other inflected forms related to negatiivinen include negatiivinen (base form), negatiivisessa (singular inessive), negatiivisia (partitive plural), and negatiivisten (genitive plural). Finnish adjectives decline to agree with the noun in number and case, so negatiivinen can take several forms depending on how the noun is used in a sentence.

See also: negatiivinen, positiivinen, Finnish grammar, adjective declension.