Pisteillä

Pisteillä is a Finnish plural adessive form of the noun piste, meaning points, spots, or locations. The form conveys location relative to multiple points and translates roughly as “on the points” or “at the points.” It is formed from piste plus the plural marker -i- and the adessive plural suffix -llä, and is used with plural nouns to express a location.

In Finnish grammar, pisteillä is contrasted with pisteille, which is the plural allative meaning “to the points.” The distinction follows the broader system of Finnish spatial cases, where the adessive indicates a stationary location and the allative indicates a directional movement toward locations.

Usage and context

Pisteillä commonly appears in technical and descriptive language such as cartography, data visualization, planning, and logistics. It describes where features or data points are located on a diagram, map, or chart, and can also refer to the positioning of stops, checkpoints, or targets in a plan. For example, in a map or graph, objects can be described as being pisteillä, meaning they lie on the set of points indicated. It may also occur in instructional or analytic writing to specify the spatial distribution of items across multiple points.

Notes

Pisteillä is a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept, and its exact meaning depends on the surrounding context and associated verbs. It is part of the broader Finnish case system that marks location with spatial suffixes. See also piste (point) and Finnish adessive case.