Pyöreissä

Pyöreissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective pyöreä, meaning round or circular. It is used to describe plural nouns when indicating location or state, roughly translating to “in round [things]” or “in circular forms.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so pyöreissä accompanies a plural noun in the inessive.

Etymology and grammar: The form comes from pyöreä plus the inessive plural suffix -issä, which marks location “in.” Therefore pyöreissä appears with a plural noun in the same noun phrase, such as pyöreissä kehyksissä or pyöreissä astioissa.

Usage: Pyöreissä is common in descriptive writing, labeling, and spatial descriptions where multiple objects are being described as round or circular. It cannot stand alone and always accompanies a plural noun in the inessive case.

Examples:

- Kuvat olivat pyöreissä kehyksissä. (The pictures were in round frames.)

- Esineet säilytettiin pyöreissä astioissa. (The objects were stored in round containers.)

See also: Finnish adjectives, Finnish grammar, inessive case.