toistuvissa

Toistuvissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective toistuva, meaning recurrent or repetitive. Specifically, it is the inessive plural form, used to describe nouns in plural when indicating “in recurring” or “in repetitive” contexts. The form must agree with the noun it modifies in number and case.

In usage, toistuvissa accompanies plural nouns to express that something occurs again or repeatedly within a given context. For example, in the phrases toistuvissa tapauksissa (in recurring cases), toistuvissa tilanteissa (in repetitive situations), or toistuvissa tehtävissä (in repeated tasks). The meaning conveyed is about frequency or regular recurrence rather than a one-off event.

Etymology and related forms: toistuva derives from toisto (repetition) and describes phenomena that happen more than once. The related noun toistuvuus denotes recurrence as a concept. Other inflected forms of the adjective include toistuva (basic form), toistuvan (partitive/genitive singular), and toistuvia (partitive plural), among others, which allow the adjective to modify different nouns across cases and numbers.

In scholarly and technical writing, toistuvissa is commonly used to discuss recurring patterns, symptoms, or events, such as in medical, statistical, or sociological contexts. While the term is primarily grammatical, its practical meaning—reoccurrence or repetition—remains central to its usage.