yllätyksellisten

Yllätyksellisten is a Finnish linguistic form that occurs as a genitive plural inflection of adjectives in the -inen class describing something as surprising or remarkable. It is not a standalone dictionary entry, but a grammatical ending that appears when an adjective describes a plural noun and the entire noun phrase is put into a genitive construction. A common illustrative phrase is ylittellisten tarinoiden kokoelma, which can be translated as a collection of surprising stories.

In practice, yliö, the form is used in written and formal Finnish, often in descriptive or literary contexts. The ending -isten signals both plurality and the genitive relationship to the following noun (for example tarinoiden, tapahtumien, ilmiöiden). Because it serves a grammatical function rather than carrying independent lexical meaning, yli…sen forms are relatively rare in everyday speech and tend to appear when a precise stylistic nuance is intended.

Etymology and related forms: the base adjective comes from the root meaning “surprising” (such as yllättävä or yllättellinen), with the derivational suffix -llinen forming the adjective. The genitive plural ending -isten is a standard pattern in certain -inen adjectives, yielding forms like yli…sten in appropriate contexts. In common usage, speakers typically rely on the base adjective or other nouns to convey related ideas; yli…sen is mainly encountered in careful prose or linguistic discussion.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives, -inen adjectives, genitive constructions.