Vaiheella

Vaiheella is a Finnish word formed as the adessive case of the noun vaihe, which means phase or stage. In Finnish, nouns are declined for number and case, and the adessive suffix -lla/-llä is used to indicate location, surface, or a related sense. When used, vaiheella can be understood as “on a phase” or “at a phase” in a discussion about a process or sequence.

In practice, vaiheella appears primarily in technical, linguistic, or grammatical contexts. It is not a common everyday construction for expressing temporal relations. For indicating that something occurs during a phase, speakers typically use alternatives such as vaiheen aikana (during a phase) or another phrasing better suited to the intended meaning. The existence of vaiheella reflects Finnish’s productive system of case forms, where the same base noun can shift meaning with different endings.

The base noun is vaihe; related forms include vaiheen (genitive) and various other cases used to express different grammatical relations. Because vaiheella is a specific inflected form, its use is largely governed by the surrounding syntactic structure and the intended nuance in a given sentence. For broader understanding, it helps to consult resources on Finnish grammar and the noun vaihe.

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