Ruokinnalla

Ruokinnalla is a Finnish linguistic and agricultural term that functions as the adessive form of the noun ruokinta, meaning feeding. The form literally translates to “on feeding” or “on feed” and is used to describe the state or location associated with providing food to animals. In practice, ruokinnalla often appears in farm-management, veterinary, and research contexts to indicate that animals are currently being fed or that a particular area is designated for feeding.

In agricultural usage, ruokinnalla can denote both the act of feeding and the place where feeding takes place. For example, it may be used to describe livestock that are currently receiving food, or to specify that a group of animals is headed to or located at the feeding area. The term helps distinguish between different operational states in daily farm routines, such as grazing versus feeding. While ruokinta as a concept covers feeding in general, ruokinnalla emphasizes the ongoing or specific feeding situation.

Etymology and form: Ruokinnalla is formed from the noun ruokinta (feeding) plus the adessive suffix -lla, which marks a location or state related to the base noun. This grammatical construction is common in Finnish for indicating where something is or what activity is in progress.

See also: ruokinta, ruokkia, ruokintapaikka, eläinten ruokinta.