Sieneellä

Sieneellä is a Finnish word that is used as the adessive form of the noun sieni, meaning “on the mushroom.” In standard Finnish, the adessive singular form is sienellä, used to indicate that something is located on the surface of a mushroom. The spelling sieneellä is not the normative form and is generally considered a misspelling or a dialectal variant.

In Finnish grammar, the adessive case (with the suffix -llä) marks location on or at a surface or object. For sieni, the standard adessive singular is sienellä and the plural is sienillä (on the mushrooms). Examples: Sienellä kasvaa itiöitä. (There are spores growing on the mushroom.) Sienillä on pölyä. (There is dust on the mushrooms.)

Usage notes: sienellä can be used when referring to a general location on the fungus itself, such as its surface or exterior. If one wants to emphasize a specific surface, phrases like sienen päällä (on the top of the mushroom) or sienen pinnalla may be more precise.

Etymology and related forms: sieni means fungus or mushroom. The adessive form sienellä follows regular Finnish noun inflection patterns, with plural form sienillä. In everyday writing and speech, sienellä is far more common than any nonstandard form such as sieneellä.

See also: Finnish grammar, noun cases, adessive case, sieni.