Levyillä

Levyillä is the Finnish plural adessive form of the noun levy, a word with several related meanings. In general, levy can refer to a physical plate or sheet (such as a metal plate or a wooden plank) and to a disc or record, most commonly a music album or vinyl record. Consequently, levyillä conveys the sense of “on the records/discs/plates” and is used to indicate location on multiple media or surfaces.

In Finnish grammar, levy is a class 1 noun whose basic plural form is levyt. The adessive plural form, levyillä, is used when describing something that is located on several levy objects. The corresponding singular adessive is levyllä, meaning “on the record/plate.” When capitalized, levyillä is typically simply the word at the start of a sentence or part of a title, not a proper name.

Usage notes: the exact sense of levyillä depends on context. In discussions about music, it may refer to tracks published on various records or to a catalog of albums. In manufacturing or archival contexts, it may indicate items situated on physical media or surfaces. Because levy is polysemous, levyillä is resolved by surrounding words to clarify whether the reference is to records, discs, or plates.

See also: levy, levyt, levyllinen (related terms in Finnish), discography concepts, and general Finnish noun inflection.