pyöreänä

Pyöreänä is a Finnish adjective form derived from pyöreä, meaning round or circular. It is the adessive singular form used to describe a subject’s state or appearance in predicative or descriptive constructions. In practice, pyöreänä commonly appears with verbs like olla to express that something is in a round shape, for example, “Kuppi on pyöreänä” (The cup is round). The form can also appear in plural as pyöreinä in sentences like “Omenat ovat pyöreinä” (The apples are round).

As part of Finnish adjective inflection, pyöreänä is one of many cases that the adjective can take to agree with the noun in number and case. Other common forms include pyöreä (nominative), pyöreää (partitive), pyöreässä (inessive), and pyöreinä (adessive plural), among others. The choice of form signals grammatical agreement with the noun it modifies and its role in the sentence.

Usage notes and nuance: pyöreänä conveys a straightforward description of shape or appearance. It can also appear in similes, such as “pyöreänä kuin pallo” (as round as a ball), to emphasize roundness in a figurative comparison. While primarily used for physical objects, the form can be applied metaphorically to describe shapes or contours in descriptive writing.

See also: pyöreä, Finnish grammar, adjectives in Finnish.