sijamuodolliseen

Sijamuodolliseen is a Finnish grammatical term that refers to the illative singular form of the adjective sijamuodollinen, which means “inflectional, relating to case forms.” The term is used in linguistic descriptions of Finnish morphology to illustrate how adjectives agree with nouns in grammatical case.

In Finnish, adjectives decline for number and case just like nouns. For adjectives that end in -inen, the illative singular is typically formed with the -iseen ending, which yields a form such as sijamuodolliseen. The exact ending can vary in edge cases due to phonology and stem alternations, but sijamuodolliseen represents the standard illative form of this adjective.

Usage and examples: The form sijamuodolliseen is encountered when discussing inflectional forms in sentences like “käännä sana sijamuodolliseen muotoon,” meaning “convert the word into the case form.” This illustrates how the illative case is used with adjectives to indicate movement toward or into a state described by the adjective.

Relation to other terms: Sijamuotot (case forms) and sijamuoto, the broader concept of Finnish case inflections, provide the framework for understanding where sijamuodolliseen fits. The term is primarily of interest in linguistic analysis, language pedagogy, and morphological documentation.

See also: Finnish grammar, sijamuoto, illative case, adjectives in Finnish, Finnish morphology.