Vammoilla

Vammoilla is the adessive plural form of the Finnish noun vamma, meaning injury or disability. In usage, vammoilla describes a state or condition related to injuries, typically in reference to multiple injuries or to people who have injuries. It is commonly found in formal or medical contexts, such as reports or descriptions of patients with injuries.

In Finnish grammar, vammoilla indicates location or state with the plural noun. The base form vamma yields vammoilla in the adessive plural, so it is used in noun phrases like vammoilla olevat potilaat, meaning “patients with injuries.” The construction often appears with the copula or a participle, for example, vammoilla olevat ihmiset (people who have injuries) or vammoilla olevat urheilijat (athletes who have injuries).

Common contexts and usage notes include medical reporting, emergency services documentation, and sports or accident summaries. The term emphasizes the presence of injuries rather than the act of becoming injured. It is usually paired with adjectives or verbs that describe care needs or conditions, such as immediately or ongoing treatment.

Etymology: vammoilla derives from vamma (injury or disability) plus the adessive plural suffix -illa (-illä), used to denote “on/in/with” in plural noun phrases.

See also: vamma, vammat, vamman, vammaisuus, vammoittainen (disability-related terms). While vammoilla is common in formal Finnish, everyday speech more often uses phrases like potilailla on vammoja or vammoja oleva henkilö to convey the same idea.