olotilaa

Olotilaa is the partitive form of the Finnish noun olotila, which refers to a person’s current physical or mental state. The term is used to describe how someone feels or what their condition is at a given time. In medical contexts, olotila is often used to characterize a patient’s status, while in everyday language it can describe overall well-being or mood.

Etymology and grammar: olotila combines olo (state, condition, feeling) and tila (state, condition). The word is declined like a standard Finnish noun; common forms include olotila (nominative), olotilaa (partitive), olotilan (genitive). The partitive olotilaa typically appears when the state is the object of observation, description, or measurement, for example in phrases such as seurantaa osoittava olotila or potilaan olotilaa seurataan.

Usage: In clinical notes, olotila denotes the patient’s current condition and can be qualified with adjectives like vakaa (stable), heikko (weak), or parantuva (improving). It is not a diagnosis in itself but a descriptor of status used alongside other clinical findings. In everyday Finnish, it can refer more generally to how someone is feeling or their general state of health, energy, or mood.

See also: tila, olotila vs. vointi, kuntotila, and other related terms used to describe health or well-being in Finnish.