näytelminä
Näytelminä is a Finnish linguistic construction that functions as a non‑finite noun phrase meaning “as a play” or “in a play‑like manner.” It is formed by combining the noun *näytelmä* (play) with the instrumental case ending –nä, though in everyday usage the form usually appears as part of a larger expression rather than as a strict grammatical case. The construction is often employed in literary and theatrical contexts to describe actions, scenes, or presentations that are delivered in the style or format of a play, or to describe a work that is interpreted or described as a play.
Typical contexts for näytelminä include prose descriptions of stage productions, verbatim transcripts of dialogues that are