rajallisella

Rajallisella is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective rajallinen, meaning “finite” or “limited.” It is used with nouns in the adessive case to indicate location or scope within a limited context, such as “rajallisella alueella” (in a limited area) or “rajallisella aikavälillä” (during a limited time interval).

Usage and context include geography, planning, law, and research reporting, where rajallinen describes constraints or boundaries. The expression signals that the described space, period, or quantity is not unlimited. Common collocations are “rajallinen aikaväli” (a finite time interval) and “rajallinen alue” (a limited area). Examples in text often use phrases like “tutkimus tehtiin rajallisella aikavälillä” (the study was conducted over a limited time window) or “resurssit ovat rajalliset” (resources are limited).

Grammar notes: Rajallinen declines like other Finnish adjectives. The form -lla marks the adessive; corresponding forms include rajallisella (adessive), rajalliselle (allative), and rajallisen (genitive). In practice, rajallisella appears when the noun it describes is in the adessive case, conveying “in/at a limited X.” The concept is used across many registers, from academic writing to descriptive prose, to express constraints or bounded scope.

See also: rajallinen, rajoittaminen, rajoitus.