Tekstillä

Tekstillä is a Finnish word form that functions as the adessive case of the noun teksti, meaning text. In Finnish, teksti refers to written language or a body of written words, and tekstillä is used to express relation to text in terms of meaning such as presence, means, or accompaniment.

Etymology and usage context

The Finnish noun teksti is a loanword that entered Finnish from early European languages for written content, ultimately tracing back to Latin textus through various European languages. Tekstillä shares this root and occurs in sentences where one wants to indicate “with text,” “on text,” or “via text.” For example, tekstillä can denote a medium or means by which information is conveyed (as in something presented with text) or a localization of content in a text-based form.

Grammaticalnotes

Teksti inflects regularly in Finnish. The adessive singular form is tekstillä, used to indicate the presence of text on or with something, or the use of text as a means. The adessive plural form is typically teksteillä, used when referring to multiple texts in a similar sense. Other related forms include tekstin (genitive), tekstiä (partitive), and tekstinä (translative form denoting “as text” or “in the form of text”). The choice between tekstillä, tekstinä, tekstillä, and related forms depends on the exact semantic relation being expressed (presence, form, means, etc.).

See also

Teksti, tekstinä, and Finnish adessive case. The term is primarily a grammatical and lexical item rather than a standalone concept, and is most often encountered in descriptions of language, typography, and media where text serves as the medium or content.