syntyvissä

Syntyvissä is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the inessive plural of the present active participle syntyvä, which comes from the verb syntyä meaning “to be born” or “to arise.” In Finnish, the inessive case expresses a location equivalent to “in” in English. When the participle is used with a plural noun phrase in the inessive, the form becomes syntyvissä, yielding phrases such as syntyvissä olosuhteissa or syntyvissä ilmiöissä, meaning “in nascent conditions” or “in arising phenomena.”

Meaning and usage

The core idea behind syntyvissä is related to birth, emergence, or origin. In literal contexts it can describe something that is being born or coming into existence. In metaphorical or figurative contexts, it can convey that something is developing, emerging, or intrinsic to a situation. Because it is a derived and somewhat niche form, syntyvissä is most commonly encountered in written, formal, or academic Finnish rather than everyday speech.

Grammar and morphology

Syntyvissä is formed by taking the present active participle syntyvä and applying the inessive plural suffix -issä to agree with the plural nouns it modifies. It follows the same pattern as other adjectives or participles that describe plural nouns in the inessive case.

See also

syntyä, syntyvä, syntynyt, inessive case

Notes

Finnish grammar features many compound and case-based forms, and syntyvissä is one of several specialized forms used to express nuanced concepts of occurrence, origin, and location in discourse.