Hiirellä

Hiirellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun hiiri. The word hiiri refers primarily to a small rodent, but in modern Finnish it also denotes a computer mouse. As an adessive form, hiirellä is used to indicate instrument or means of performing an action, most commonly referring to using a computer mouse, though the animal sense can appear in more specialized or literal contexts.

In practice, hiirellä is almost always encountered in computer-related contexts. For example, the phrase Napsauttamalla hiirellä kuvaketta voit avata ohjelman means “By clicking with the mouse you can open the program.” Another common usage is Hiiren rullalla zoomataan kuvaa, meaning “the image is zoomed using the mouse wheel.” The plural form is hiirillä, as in Napsauttamalla hiirillä kuvakkeita voit avata useita ohjelmia.

Grammatically, hiirellä is the adessive case and functions as an instrument or means marker. It changes to hiirillä in the plural, and it combines with other case endings when the noun is part of larger phrases. When referring to the animal in contexts that require a tool-like sense, the instrument meaning may be less natural, and context usually clarifies which sense is intended.

Usage notes: Because hiiri also refers to the animal, some ambiguity can arise without clear context. In contemporary Finnish, hiirellä is almost always understood as “with a computer mouse,” especially in digital or user-interface discussions. The article does not cover every specialized usage, but the core meaning centers on instrumentally using a mouse to perform actions.