erillisessä

Erillisessä is a form of the Finnish adjective erillinen, meaning separate, distinct, or independent. Specifically, erillisessä is the inessive singular form, used to describe something that is located in or described as being in a separate state or place. For example, erillisessä tilassa means in a separate room or space.

Grammar and usage: erillinen declines like other Finnish adjectives ending in -inen. The stem erill- plus -inen forms erillinen (base form), and the endings change with case and number. In the inessive, the singular becomes erillisessä, while the plural inessive is erillisissä. This inflection allows the adjective to modify nouns in various contexts, such as space, structure, or categorization, while indicating separation from related items.

Etymology and related terms: erillinen derives from eri, meaning different or separate, with the -llinen suffix that creates adjectives describing a characteristic. Related words include eri (different), erillinen (the base form in noun-adjective usage), and erikseen (adverb meaning separately). The adverb erikseen is often used when emphasizing separation rather than spatial placement.

Examples and context: in everyday Finnish, erillisessä tends to appear in more formal or technical contexts—law, administration, architecture, or product descriptions—where items or areas are distinguished from others. Examples: erillisessä tilassa työskentelevät henkilöt (people working in a separate room); erillisessä rakennuksessa sijaitseva laboratorio (a laboratory located in a separate building). The term emphasizes separation or standalone status rather than integration with other elements.