sellaisina

Sellaisina is a Finnish linguistic term referring to the plural essive form of the demonstrative adjective sellainen. It conveys a sense of “as such ones” or “in such a way,” and is used to describe the state, role, or characteristic of multiple referents in a clause. As a grammatical form, sellaisina indicates a temporary or descriptive state applied to a plural noun or pronoun.

In Finnish grammar, the essive case marks a temporary state or identity. The plural essive form sellaisina is formed by adding the plural essive suffix to the stem sellainen, yielding a form used when describing several items or people in a particular way or capacity. The usage tends to appear in written Finnish, and it can occur in literary, descriptive, or didactic contexts where a precise characterization of a group is required.

There are no widely recognized uses of sellaisina outside Finnish language contexts; it is not known as a proper noun, place, organization, or product. In English-language references, it is typically treated as a lexical inflection rather than a standalone term. For learners and translators, sellaisina is often encountered in discussions of Finnish grammar and in analyses of sentences that compare or specify how multiple referents are described. See also: Finnish grammar, essive case, sellainen.