yleisimmiksi

Yleisimmiksi is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective yleinen, meaning most common or most general. It functions as the essive plural form, used to describe a state or label that something is considered as the most common ones. In practice, yleisimmiksi appears when referring to multiple items that are regarded as the most typical or frequent within a group.

Morphology and usage: The form yleisimmiksi is formed from the stem yleis- plus the superlative-like ending -imm-, followed by the essive plural ending -ksi, which marks the state “as [the most common ones].” It is typically used with plural nouns in the essive case, especially in phrases that categorize or rank items. It answers questions like “as what?" in contexts describing what is perceived or identified as the most common among several options. The related forms include yleisimmät (nominative plural) for “the most common ones,” and yleisimmäksi or yleisimmäksi in other case forms.

Examples: The phrase yleisimmiksi piirteiksi pidetyt ominaisuudet translates roughly to “the features regarded as the most common.” Another common construction is yleisimmiksi syiksi mainitut seikat, meaning “the factors cited as the most common reasons.” These expressions appear in descriptive or analytical Finnish texts when summarizing or ranking characteristics, causes, or examples.

Notes: Yleisimmiksi is not an adverb; adverbs of most common are typically formed differently (for example, yleisimmin means “most commonly”). The form is part of Finnish case and adjective agreement systems and should be used with appropriate noun phrases in the essive plural.

See also: Finnish grammar, essive case, superlatives in Finnish, adjectives in Finnish.