pimeällä

Pimeällä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective pimeä, meaning "dark." In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in case and number, and pimeällä is used when the related noun is in the adessive case, which conveys a location or situational context.

The adessive form -lla/-llä is used to express location "on" or "at" a surface or place, or to describe a state associated with a location. Therefore pimeällä is employed to describe darkness tied to a specific place or context, such as describing lighting conditions or ambience in a particular locale. For example, phrases like "pimeällä tiellä" can be understood as "on the dark road," and "pimeällä alueella" as "in a dark area." In everyday language, Finnish typically uses the nominative form pimeä before a noun to say something is dark, e.g., "pimeä huone" (a dark room).

Pimeällä also appears in literary or figurative usage to convey mood or atmosphere, including metaphorical senses related to lack of clarity or secrecy. As with other adjectives, its form follows standard Finnish inflection rules and will vary with case and number to match the noun it describes.

See also: pimeä, pimeys, Finnish grammar, Adessive case.