pelloissa

Pelloissa is a Finnish noun form meaning “in the fields.” It is the inessive plural form of pelto, which refers to agricultural land or cultivated fields. The phrase is used to indicate location or place where something happens, specifically referring to more than one field.

In Finnish, the locative cases express where an action takes place. The inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä is attached to the plural stem pell- to form pelloissa. Thus pelto (singular) becomes pellossa (singular in the field) and pelloissa (plural in the fields). The form is commonly used in both spoken and written language to describe activities or states occurring within multiple fields.

Usage notes: pelloissa typically appears with verbs of action or description describing location, such as farming activities or natural scenes. Examples include: “Keväällä pelloissa kasvaa vehnää.” (In the fields in spring, wheat grows.) “Aamulla pelloissa on vihreää ja hiljaista.” (In the fields, in the morning, there is green and quiet.) The term is a standard locative construction and does not convey ownership or specificity beyond the plural field setting.

See also: pelto, the base noun meaning field, and related inflected forms such as pellot (nominative plural) and pellon (genitive singular).