Kuninkaalla

Kuninkaalla is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun kuningas, meaning “the king.” In use, kuninkaalla denotes location or association with the king, and can also express possession or an experiencer in existential clauses, similar to other adessive constructions in Finnish.

The form is created by adding the adessive suffix -lla to the noun kuningas, resulting in kuninkaalla. This inflection pattern is part of Finnish case grammar, where the adessive marks locations such as “at,” “in,” or “with” the referent, and can indicate instruments or agency in certain contexts.

Common uses include statements about the king’s role or status. For example, Kuninkaalla on valtaa means “The king has power.” In broader discourse, the phrase can appear when discussing cultural, political, or ceremonial aspects where the king is the focal referent, as in Kulttuurissa kuninkaalla on merkittävä rooli (“In culture, the king has a significant role”).

Differences to related forms are important: kuninkaalle means “to/for the king,” kuninkaalta means “from the king,” and kuninkaan is the genitive form meaning “the king’s.” These cases expand the ways the king can be the referent in Finnish sentences and show how case endings signal the relationship between the referent and the action or attribute discussed.

See also: kuningas, kuninkaallinen, Finnish noun cases.