populaarissa

Populaarissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective populaarinen, meaning “popular.” It is the inessive singular form and is used in phrases that describe something as belonging to or taking place within the sphere of popular culture or broad public usage. In practice, populaarissa appears in compounds such as populaarisessa kulttuurissa (“in popular culture”) or populaarisessa käytössä (“in common/popular use”). The form is typically part of a larger noun phrase, with the related noun in the inessive case.

Etymology and morphology: The adjective populaarinen is borrowed from Swedish populär (meaning popular), itself rooted in the broader European term for “popular.” Finnish attaches the common -inen adjective suffix and then inflects the resultant adjective to agree with the noun in the sentence. The -ssa ending marks the inessive case, indicating location or state, as in “in” the realm of something.

Usage and context: Populaarissa is encountered mainly in linguistic, cultural, and media discourse when discussing phenomena tied to the general public or to popular culture. It signals a contrast with more specialized, expert, or academic contexts. Common constructions include populaarisessa kulttuurissa and populaarisessa käytössä, which translate to “in popular culture” and “in common use,” respectively.

See also:

- populaarikulttuuri

- populaarinen

- populaarisuus

- Finnisch grammar and cases

- culture and media terminology