muotolla

Muotolla is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun muoto, meaning form or shape. In Finnish grammar, the adessive case marks location on a surface or a state associated with something, so muotolla literally translates to “on the form” or “at the form.” The form is created by adding the adessive suffix -lla to the stem muoto.

Muotolla is most commonly found in written or technical language and is less frequent in everyday speech. In common usage, speakers often prefer alternatives such as muodon mukaan (according to the form) or muotossa (in a form) to express related ideas. The word muoto has multiple senses, including physical shape, configuration, design, or formatting across various domains.

In terms of inflection, muoto follows the standard Finnish noun declension: nominative muoto, genitive muodon, partitive muotoa; inessive muotossa, elative muotosta, illative muotoon, adessive muotolla, ablative muotolta, allative muotolle, essive muotona, translative muotoksi.

Etymology: muoto derives from Proto-Finnic and is related to other Finnic words for form or shape; the adessive suffix -lla forms muotolla.

See also: muoto.