Leikeissä

Leikeissä is a Finnish noun form that serves as the inessive plural of leike, meaning “in the slices” or “in the cuts.” Leike itself denotes something cut from a whole, typically a portion of food or a clipped fragment. In everyday language, leike can refer to a slice or portion of meat or bread and, in media and publishing contexts, to a clip or excerpt from audiovisual material or text.

The word derives from the verb leikata, “to cut,” with the nominalizing suffix -ke, yielding a noun that broadly means a cut, piece, or slice. The plural nominative is leikkeet, while the inessive plural is leikkeissä, used to indicate location within several pieces or clips. For example: Elokuvan leikkeissä vilahtelee vanha kohtaus, meaning “An old scene flashes in the film clips.”

Usage notes: Leike and its derivatives cover multiple senses, so context is needed to determine meaning. Leikeissä is commonly used when describing contents or states inside multiple slices of food, such as meat or bread, or when referring to contents of clips in audiovisual material. The related term leikkele specifically denotes deli cuts or sliced cured meats.

See also: leikata (to cut), leike (slice or excerpt), leikkele (cold cuts), leikkaus (cutting or incision).