Levyssä

Levyssä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish noun levy. Levy refers to several flat, thin objects, most commonly a vinyl record or a metal, plastic, or other material plate or sheet. In everyday use, levy can denote a music recording (a record or LP) as well as a physical sheet or plate used in manufacturing, construction, or packaging. The word is also found in technical contexts to describe flat, disc-like objects.

As a grammatical form, levyssä marks location inside or within the object named by levy. Finnish uses the inessive case with the suffix -ssä or -ssä, depending on vowel harmony. Since levy ends with a front vowel (e), the correct suffix is -ssä, yielding levyssä. The corresponding plural form is levyissä, meaning “in the discs” or “in the records,” depending on sense.

Common senses and usage notes include:

- Vinyl record or long-playing record: a disc on which music is pressed or etched.

- Flat plate or sheet: a thin piece of metal, plastic, or other material.

- The term can be used metaphorically or in compound phrases, though the most frequent meanings relate to physical discs or flat sheets.

Levyssä contrasts with levyllä, which would indicate being on the surface of the levy rather than inside it. Levyssä is a standard example of Finnish case inflection and is encountered in everyday language as well as in technical or descriptive texts.