kädellä

kädellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun käsi, meaning hand. In Finnish, adessive forms express location or instrumentality, and kädellä is used to convey “with the hand” or “on/at the hand” depending on the context. The form is common in everyday language when describing actions performed by the hand, manual tasks, or actions performed without a tool. The plural form käsillä is used when referring to “with the hands” or “hands as instruments,” and possessive variants attach to indicate “with his/her hand” or “with their hands.”

Usage and nuance: kädellä emphasizes the hand as the instrument or point of contact in an action. In some contexts, other Finnish expressions such as käsin or instruments-based constructions may also convey manual action, but kädellä often appears in descriptive or narrative prose to stress physical involvement by the hand. The choice between kädellä and other forms can affect nuance and readability, though both convey manual involvement. Like other Finnish nouns, kädellä is inflected for person and number as appropriate in sentences.

Relation to other terms: kädellä originates from the noun käsi (hand) with the standard Finnish adessive suffix -llä. Related forms include käsillä (plural) and various possessive or compound forms such as kädelläni or käsillään, depending on person and number. As part of Finnish grammar, kädellä contributes to expressing manual action, touch, or proximity of the hand to objects within a sentence.