Pyöreässä

Pyöreässä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish adjective pyöreä, meaning round or circular. It is used to describe something located inside or within a round object or space, and it forms part of a larger noun phrase when combined with a noun in the inessive case (for example, kupissa, in the cup).

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. Therefore pyöreä becomes pyöreässä when the noun it describes is singular and in the inessive case. Plural would yield pyöreissä in the corresponding inessive plural. The word itself is not a standalone noun; it functions as a descriptive modifier within a sentence or phrase.

Usage and examples:

- Kahvi on pyöreässä kupissa. (The coffee is in the round cup.)

- Tämä esine on pyöreässä muodossaan. (This object is in its round form.)

- Pyöreässä laatikossa oli pieni yllätys. (In the round box there was a small surprise.)

Etymology and relation to other forms: pyöreässä derives from pyöreä, the common Finnish adjective for round, with standard inflection to reflect case and number. This pattern is typical for Finnish adjectives, which do not have separate articles and rely on case endings to indicate syntax.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjective declension, inessive case.