häkeissä

Häkeissä is the Finnish locative form that means “in cages.” It is the inessive plural form of the noun häkki, which means a cage, crate, or pen. The form is used to indicate that multiple cages contain something or that something is located inside several cages. For example, kanat ovat häkeissä means “the chickens are in cages,” and Linnut ovat häkeissä refers to birds kept in cages. The corresponding singular inessive is häkissä (in a cage).

In grammar, häkeissä is used with plural subjects or with plural referents. It follows ordinary Finnish inflection rules for the inessive case: the stem häkki yields häke- in the plural inessive form, with the standard -ssä ending. This makes it a common expression in everyday language as well as in written Finnish.

Häkeissä occurs widely in contexts related to animal housing and welfare. It appears in discussions about farm animal production, zoos, pet shops, and laboratory settings where animals are kept in cages. The term often surfaces in debates about welfare standards, housing design, and regulatory requirements, where the word helps describe conditions and locations of animals.

Etymology traces häkeistä back to häkki, meaning cage or coop, with the normal Finnish plural inessive formation. The word is used neutrally in descriptive writing and reporting, though it frequently appears in discussions about animal care and housing practices. See also häkki, eläinsuojelu, eläinrääkkäyskeskustelu.

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