menneisyydellä
Menneisyydellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun menneisyys, meaning "the past." In Finnish grammar, the suffix -llä marks location or a time reference, so menneisyydellä can mean "in the past" or "on the past" depending on context. The adessive usage is more common in literary or rhetorical contexts, whereas for everyday temporal references the inessive form menneisyydessä or other constructions is often preferred.
The form is also used in a figurative or personified sense, where the past is imagined as
Etymology: menneisyys comes from the root meaning "past," and the adessive suffix -llä yields menneisyydellä. It
Usage notes: While not as common as menneisyydessä for straightforward temporal reference, menneisyydellä is a valid
See also: menneisyys; menneisyyden valossa; Finnish grammar: cases.