kreikkalaisella

Kreikkalaisella is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun and adjective kreikkalainen, meaning a Greek person or Greek-related. In Finnish, kreikkalainen is used both for people from Greece and for things connected with Greece, such as culture, language, or cuisine. The adessive form kreikkalaisella is used to express relationships of location, association, or accompaniment with another noun in the adessive, for example when describing something that belongs to or is characteristic of Greece or Greek people.

Etymology and basic form: kreikkalainen derives from Kreikka (Greece) plus the suffix -lainen, which forms demonyms and adjectives. The root and its inflected forms follow typical Finnish noun-adjective declension patterns. In the adessive singular the form is kreikkalaisella; in the adessive plural it is kreikkalaisilla. The base form kreikkalainen is used in nominative cases, while other cases adjust the ending accordingly.

Usage: Kreikkalaisella can appear in phrases where something is described as belonging to or associated with Greece or Greek people, with the noun following in its own case. It is common in descriptive or comparative contexts, including references to culture, cuisine, language, or people. In many cases, speakers choose the nominative form kreikkalainen when the subject is simply “the Greek” rather than the spatial or possessive sense conveyed by the adessive form.

Examples:

- Kreikkalaisella on pitkä historia. (The Greek have a long history.)

- Kreikkalaisella ruoalla on oma maku. (Greek cuisine has its own flavor.)

- Kreikkalaisella kielellä opitaan kreikkaa monin tavoin. (In the Greek language, one learns Greek in various ways.)

See also: kreikkalainen, Kreikka, kreikkalais-kreetalainen.