Pyyhkeellä

Pyyhkeellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun pyyhe, meaning towel. In Finnish grammar the adessive case (-lla/-llä) marks location on a surface and, in some contexts, the instrument or means by which an action is performed. Therefore pyyhkeellä can express both “on the towel” (location) and “with a towel” (instrument/means) depending on how it is used in a sentence.

Morphology and related forms: The singular adessive form is pyyhkeellä, and the plural form is pyyhkeillä. The base noun is pyyhe; its other cases include pyyhkeen (genitive) and pyyhkeen (partitive) in different grammatical contexts. The word is commonly used in everyday Finnish to refer to towels and to describe actions done using a towel as a tool.

Usage notes: Pyyhkeellä frequently appears in sentences describing where something is located or how an action is carried out with a towel. For example, “Kissa makaa pyyhkeellä” means “The cat lies on a towel,” indicating location. “Kädet kuivattiin pyyhkeellä” means “The hands were dried with a towel,” indicating the means or instrument used.

See also: pyyhe, pyyhkeet. The term is a standard part of Finnish everyday vocabulary and is closely related to other -lla/-llä forms that denote surface location or instrument in Finnish grammar.