kivillä

Kivillä is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun kivi (stone). It means “on stones” or “on top of stones” and is used to indicate location on multiple stones, or to refer to something resting on stones.

In Finnish, nouns decline for case and number. For the word kivi, the adessive singular is kivellä and the adessive plural is kivillä. The stem in these forms is kiv-, with the suffix -ellä for singular and -illä for plural. Therefore, kivillä literally translates to “on stones.”

Käyttö (usage) and examples: Kivillä is common when describing positions, surfaces, or materials involving stones. Examples include: "Kävelimme kivillä" (We walked on the stones); "Sammal kasvaa kivillä" (Moss grows on the stones); "Jää on kiinnittynyt kivillä" (The ice is attached to the stones). The adessive case can express location, surface contact, or accompaniment by stones in various contexts.

See also: Finnish language, Finnish grammar, adessive case, noun declension.