Raaputuksella

Raaputuksella is a Finnish noun form used to indicate the instrument or means by which an action is performed. It translates roughly as “by scraping” or “with scraping” in English. The form is the adessive singular of raaputus (scraping, scratching), and in Finnish the adessive -lla/-llä is used to express means or manner.

In practice, raaputuksella is used to specify that scraping is the method used to remove material, clean a surface, or shape something. It appears in technical, maintenance, and craft contexts where the action of scraping is central to the process.

Common contexts include painting, renovation, archaeology, and metalwork, where scraping may be employed to remove paint, rust, plaster, or other coatings. The phrase helps specify the technique without naming a tool, such as a scraper or chisel, directly.

Example in Finnish: Maali poistettiin raaputuksella. The paint was removed by scraping. This construction can also appear in manuals or descriptions of procedures to emphasize the method rather than the tool.

Related terms include raaputus (the act or instance of scraping) and raaputtaminen (the act of scraping). The verb raaputtaa means “to scrape.” Raaputuksella, raaputtamalla, and other forms illustrate how Finnish uses case endings to express means and manner in procedural language.