Väleillä

Väleillä is a Finnish noun form that functions as a locative plural of the word väli, which means gap, interval, or space. The form väleillä is formed with the adessive plural ending -illä, indicating position on or at multiple gaps or spaces. In practice, väleillä denotes location “on the gaps” or “at the intervals,” and is used to describe distribution or placement across several separations.

In Finnish, väli has several related meanings, including spatial gaps (between objects), temporal intervals, or distances within a sequence. Väleillä as a grammatical form is therefore applicable in contexts where the author wants to refer specifically to multiple gaps or intervals in a plural sense. It is most common in descriptive, technical, or literary prose rather than in everyday speech.

Relation to other forms: the more common adverbial or temporal expression is välil—välillä or välissä, which express between or during intervals in a general sense. Väleillä, by contrast, marks a plural locational relation tied to distinct gaps or spaces. Because it is a plural, it often appears in descriptions involving several separations within a structure or arrangement.

See also: väli (gap, interval), välit (gaps, intervals, plural), välissä (in between), välillä (between, at intervals). The form väleillä illustrates how Finnish uses case and number endings to specify spatial relations across multiple elements.

Note: Väleillä is relatively specialized and less common in everyday language; higher frequency usage typically favors välissä or välillä.