Pylväissä

Pylväissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun pylväs, meaning “in the pillars” or “in the columns.” In Finnish grammar, the inessive case indicates location inside or within something, and the plural form signals multiple pillars. The form is built from the stem pylväs with the inessive plural suffix -issä, yielding pylväissä.

The corresponding singular forms are pylvään (genitive) and pylväässä (inessive singular). The nominative plural is pylväät. Pylväissä as a word is primarily a grammatical form used in descriptions of architecture, archaeology, and related texts to indicate location within or among pillars.

Usage and context: pylväissä is typically found in architectural descriptions or historical writing when noting something located in, on, or among pillars of a structure. For example, a sentence might read: Rakennuksen pylväissä on koristekaiverruksia. The term is a standard part of Finnish vocabulary for describing buildings and their features, and it reflects the language’s rich case and number system.