riipuksissa

Riipuksissa is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is the inessive plural form of the noun riipus, which means pendant. The form is used to indicate a location or position “in the pendants” and appears in contexts such as jewelry descriptions, inventories, and linguistic explanations of Finnish case endings.

Etymology and form: The base riipus (pendant) belongs to the category of loaned and native Finnish jewelry terms. In Finnish, the inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä attaches to the plural stem riipukset, yielding riipuksissa. This form contrasts with the singular riipuksessa (in the pendant) and the plural riipuksissa (in the pendants). The vowel harmony and consonant structure govern the exact suffix, as with most Finnish inflection.

Usage: Riipuksissa is commonly found in catalogs, museum labels, and scholarly discussion when describing where objects are located relative to pendants. It is not a separate lexical item with independent meaning beyond its grammatical function. For example, “Kivet olivat riipuksissa” means “The stones were in the pendants,” and “Riipuksissa olevat kiinnitykset” refers to clasps that are in the pendants.

Related forms: The related terms include riipus (singular pendant) and riipukset (pendants, plural). The inessive singular is riipuksessa (in the pendant), while the inessive plural is riipuksissa (in the pendants).

See also: Riipus, Riipukset, Finnish inflection.

Riipuksissa thus serves as a specific inflection used to discuss the spatial relationship of objects with pendants in Finnish, reflecting standard patterns of noun declension in the language.